CHITRAL: The population of both the Upper and Lower Chitral districts has increased by only 68,400 people as per the results of the population census 2023۔ This means there won’t be the second provincial assembly constituency in the region as people were expecting after the delimitations for the forthcoming general elections. As per the results […]
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BOONI: Officials from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) are visiting Upper Chitral to assess damages caused by recent floods and to help in rehabilitation activities. According to a statement, during a meeting with Deputy Commissioner Khalid Zaman at his office in Booni, the UNOCHA representatives were briefed about the
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Gul Hamaad Farooqi CHITRAL: Al the 135 sanitation workers of Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) Chitral have been on a strike for the last 10 days due to non-payment of their salaries for the last six months. Due to the strike of the sanitation workers, the town, especially Women and Children Hospital, District Headquarters Hospital, Shahi
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BOONI: Police in Upper Chitral have arrested six activists of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on the charge of violating a ban on holding \’public gathering\’. The arrested activists included PTI Upper Chitral vice president and former UC nazim Zulfi Hunar Shah and tehsil Mastuj vice president Izatmand Shah. The PTI activists were taken into custody by
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DROSH: Flash flood in Drosh nullah late on Sunday inundated a number of houses and shops in the local bazaar, forcing the residents to move to safer places. The floodwater also damaged croplands and fruit trees in the town. However, there was no loss of life, said Rescue 1122 Lower Chitral. The emergency service said
CHITRAL: The Lower Chitral police on Sunday said they have arrested a resident of Rehankot after recovery of 52 litres of locally-made liquor from his possession. In a statement, a spokesman for the police said that on the direction of District Police Officer Salahuddin Kundi, the campaign against drug peddlers and bootleggers had been intensified
CHITRAL: A man went missing after leaving his house in Kuju village of Lower Chitral on Friday. Rescue 1122 said that a search was launched along the river after a cap of the missing man identified as Muhammad Ali, about 57 years of age, was found on the bank of the river in Kuju. However,
CHITRAL: Members of the village conservation committee (VCC) of Denin Lasht here have asked the caretaker chief minister to take action against the chief conservator and divisional forest officer (DFO) of the wildlife department for ‘manipulating’ the election of the organisation. Addressing a press conference, Qari Ebadur Rahman, Shuaib Ahmed, Mustajab Khan, Baghdad Khan, Noor
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CHITRAL: The Broghil and Yarkhoon valleys of Upper Chitral have been cut-off from other parts of the province for over 10 days due to the failure of authorities to reopen roads damaged by flash floods. Several arteries and four suspension bridges were swept away by floods last week due to the melting of glaciers. Deputy
(File picture). CHITRAL: The workers of the Tehsil Municipal Administration Chitral have been protesting for the last two days for the release of their salaries pending for the last five months. On Tuesday, the protest entered its second day. The protesters have set up a protest camp at the office of the municipal administration. The
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