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Miscellaneous Chitral News
Earthquake jolts Chitral: Chitral,
06
Sept 08: An earthquake of 5.7 temblor shook Chitral at 11:47 local
time (05:47 GMT) Saturday. According to the meteorological office, the
earthquake was centered about 300 kilometers (180 miles) north of Peshawar
in the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan, and the earthquake struck at a
depth of 174 kilometers (108 miles). No reports of any damage had been
received till filing of this report --(CN report)
DCO checks profiteers:
Chitral,
05
Sept 08:
Acting upon the complaints of consumers,
District Coordination Officer Chitral Mutasim Billah Shah carried out
surprise raids on various markets of Chitral town and booked 19 shopkeepers
especially butchers, poultry sellers and green grocers for over charging.
Cases were registered against those who were over charging for
bread, poultry meat and vegetables, under section 3/6 of Food Stuff
Control Act (FSCA). -- (GH Farooqi)
Seminar on empowerment
of women folk held: Chitral,
03
Sept 08: A seminar on empowerment of women folk of the society and awareness
creation was held at Booni organized by Easy & Equitable Access to
Justice Program for Women of Chitral (EEAJP) funded by TORCAIRE Ireland. The
participants demanded for establishment of Human Rights Monitoring Committee
(HRMC) in far-flung and remote areas of Chitral like Boroghil, Yarkhun,
Brep, etc which are not easily accessible. --(GH Farooqi)
Ramazan begins with power,
water, outage: Chitral,
02 Sept 08: The first day of the holy month of
Ramazan 2008 was marked with electricity and water outage at sehri,, with
the result that many depending on the traditional wakeup hooter missed their
sehri meals. Similarly the Angarghun water supply to the town was also not
functioning at sehri time and many missed their morning prayers because of
this. --(CN report)
PSPCC members notified:
Peshawar 01 Sept 08: The Home and Tribal Affairs Department has notified
names of the National and NWFP assemblies lawmakers as members of the
District Public Safety and Police Complaints Commission (PSPCC). From Chitral,
Shahzada Muhiuddin MNA and Ghulam Muhammad MPA, are the nominees. --(The
News)
Seminar on role of
AKDN: Chitral, 01 Sept 08: A seminar on 'Role of Aga
Khan Development Network (AKDN) in Sustainable Development' was organized at
Booni, by Ismaili Regional Council and ITREB Upper Chitral in connection
with celebrations of the Golden Jubilee of HH prince Karim Aga Khan.
(GH Farooqi)
Chitrali attends Asian youth
congress seminar: Chitral 30 Aug 08:
Ahmad shah a Chitrali youth belonging to Parabek Garam Chashma was amongst
the two youth selected for attending a drug prevention seminar held in Bali
Indonesia. The other was Haris Mehmood from Islamabad. The two will attend
another similar seminar in Afghanistan. --(MMAS Kakakhel)
Ramazan preparations in
Chitral: Chitral 30 Aug 08: With only a couple of days left
for the holy month of Ramazan (fasting) to begin, the Ramazan mood has already set
in, in Chitral. Most plans / activities have been put on hold till after the holy month
is over. Eateries, restaurants etc are planning to shut down while street
vendors of fried food like samosas pakoras pickles etc are preparing to set
up stalls. Besides the inevitable Karrhi, Fried food, pickles and dates are favourite items during Ramazan
for breaking fast with. while fermented cheese ( Teer pandeer) is considered
an essential dish for the sehri (pre-dawn meal) --(CN report)
Privilege motion
referred to committee: Peshawar,
29 Aug 08: The NWFP Assembly on Thursday
referred a privilege motion on the inauguration of a development scheme
completed by the provincial government to the concerned committee.The motion
was tabled by MPA Ghulam Muhammad, who informed the house that on July 5,
ADO Chitral invited the district Nazim for the inauguration of a development
scheme completed by the provincial government. He said the inauguration of
the provincial development scheme was the right of the MPA of the concerned
area and, therefore, complained that his privilege had been breached.
Speaker Kiramatullah Khan Chagharmati, after seeking the consent of the
house, referred the motion to the concerned committee. --(The News)
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