Irshadullah Khan On the instructions of Deputy Commissioner Upper Chitral Khalid Zaman, an initial assessment was carried out of the damages to properties in the recent floods in the villages of Pavur and Miragram No. 2 of Yarkhun valley on Friday. According to a statement, Assistant Commissioner Shah Adnan vilalges teh two villages and distributed […]
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GILGIT: At least one passenger was killed and 14 others were injured on Friday after a van plunged into a ravine in the Bathrat village of Ghizer district. Rescue 1122 Rescue and Safety Officer (Ghizer) Raja Ajmal Nazeer confirmed the accident, adding that three of the injured were in critical condition. Among those three, one
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BOONI: The road to Yarkhun valley which was blocked at two points following recent rains and flooding has been reopened, a statement issued from the office of the deputy commissioner of Upper Chitral said on Wednesday. It added that DC Khalid Zaman visited the affected villages of Brep and Sholkoch where the Yarkhun road was
CHITRAL: Dozens of members, including women, of Denin Lasht village conservation committee (VCC) staged a protest against the alleged corruption of district forest officer wildlife and president of VCC. Addressing the protesters, Village Council, Denin Chairman Imran said Faizur Rahman had been occupying the coveted slot of VCC presidentship for the last 25 years. He
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CHITRAL: The road between Chitral and the down districts was on Sunday evening blocked after torrential rain triggered flash flooding in nullahs at Ashiret and other parts of the Lowari area. According to the Lower Chitral police, the area police under the supervision of SHO Ashiret Qurban Panah was trying to help out passengers stranded
BOONI: Six activists of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) were arrested in Upper Chitral district today, local sources said. The PTI activists were sent to Mardan jail for one month under the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO), according to PTI Chitral president Shahzada Sikandarul Mulk. He said that he was in contact with the PTI Lawyers Forum
GILGIT: At least five people were killed and 13 others were injured on Sunday when a bus carrying tourists plunged into a ravine on the Karakoram Highway near the Thalichi area in Gilgit-Baltistan’s Diamer district, police said. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Muhammad Ayaz confirmed the death toll and the number of injured, adding that
CHITRAL: The PPP Lower Chitral has decided to nominate its longtime worker in Rumbur valley, Saifullah Kalash, for the minority seat in the provincial assembly. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provincial Assembly has 145 elected members, 115 regular seats, 26 seats reserved for women and four seats for non-Muslims, including the Kalash community of Chitral. In 2018,
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CHITRAL: Ms Sifat Gul, the president of the PTI Lower Chitral district president, on Friday announced to leave the party and join the PPP. In a statement, PPP\’s provincial vice president and former minister Salim Khan said Ms Gul joined the PPP along with her hundreds of supporters. He said Ms Gul is also a
DROSH: At least 15 people were injured when a pickup they were travelling in from Upper Dir to Chitral met with an accident in Asuret (Ashiret) bazaar on Sunday, Rescue 1122 Lower Chitral said. It said the accident occurred due to a brake failure. The injured included four women, three children and six males. They
