Gul Hamaad Farooqi CHITRAL: A civil society organization has pointed out substandard and poor quality work on the ongoing construction of the Chitral-Booni road and called upon higher authorities to take notice of the issue. Members of Chitral Development Movement (CDM) visited the under-construction road and found that its retaining walls were being constructed with […]
CHITRAL: A court has sentenced a man to lifetime imprisonment in a drug peddling case, the Lower Chitral police said on Thursday. It said the court also imposed a fine of Rs0.5 million under section 9D of the Control of Narcotics Substance Act. The convict, Muhammad Ejaz, son of Muhammad Ishaq, resident of Jughore, was
CHITRAL: A schoolteacher fell into a river along with his motorcycle while taking his younger brother to school in Sor Rech village of Upper Chitral on Thursday. Rescue 1122 said its staffers were searching for the dead body of Anwaruddin, but so far have failed to find it. However, the motorcycle of the deceased has
[File photo]. CHITRAL: The residents of Parwak village in Upper Chitral have demanded of the government to restore the siphon irrigation scheme on emergency basis to salvage their fodder and vegetable crops as well as fruit trees. They said that their crops and orchards started withering away after the siphon pipes were swept away by
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Gul Hamaad Farooqi Chitral spreading over 14,850 square kilometers is the most scenic but backward area of Pakistan with no industry, factory or any business centres to offer employment opportunities. As a result, most of the people of Chitral have shifted to cities such as Peshawar, Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi, Quetta or abroad for earning their
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CHITRAL: A Karate coaching centre has, for the first time, been established in Chitral town. The Al-Ashraf Karate Centre/Club has started training youngsters on Shotogan Karate at the Chitral Public School and College. In a social media post, Muhammad Ilyas Ahmed said: \”I have taken part in inter-divisional Karate championship and have also imparted Karate
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CHITRAL: The farmers of Brep village in Yarkhoon valley have lost a major source of income in the form of apple orchards as the flash flood inundated three-fourth part of its area over the last two years, overrunning thousands of apple trees. Brep, known as the apple producing village, is consisted of about 1,200 households
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CHITRAL: Three persons were injured when a taxi car weered off the Vhitral-Peshawar road and crashed entered a roadside shop through its door at Chumarkhon on Saturday. The injured included the shopkeeper, driver of the car and a passenger. Rescue 1122 Lower Chitral said its team reached the spot and shifted the injured to the
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CHITRAL: Two persons lost their lives in a collision between two motorcycles on the 32 feet wide Chitral-Peshawar road in Saeedabad (Ispagh Lasht) on Friday. Rescue 1122 Lower Chitral said one person was also injured in the crash that was a result of rash driving. The two bikes collided head-on due to speeding, locals confirmed
Gul Hamaad Farooqi CHITRAL: Due to the torrential rains this year, the floods in nullas Chitral blocked the water flow in rivers at different areas, which led to mass destruction. On Garam Chashma road, there is a dangerous turning point at Singoor village where a safety wall had been built to protect the road and
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