AYUN: A man fell into the Chitral river while collecting wood in front of Ayun on Saturday. Rescue 1122 identified the drowned man as Kabir Khan, 55, a resident of Muldeh, Ayun. The emergency service said its divers launched an operation to recover the dead body but could not trace it till the evening.
AYUN: In a car crash in Bumburate, a tourist was reported dead and three others injured when their car fell into a ravine on Friday, local people told ChitralToday correspondent. The deceased was identified as Amjad Khan, son of Farid Khan, resident of Timargarah. The tourists had come to the Kalash valley on Thursday. The
Picture: Inayatullah Khoshamad RESHUN: PML-N leader Amir Muqam on Wednesday assured the people of Shader Reshun that they would be paid compensation within 10 days. He gave the assurance to the families whose houses and land have been destroyed by the river erosion in Reshun during a visit to the area. Former MNA Shahzada Iftikharuddin
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MASTUJ: Repair of Mastuj bridge has been started on the direction of the district administration of Upper Chitral. Machinery was at the site and the gap between the two portions of the bridge was being filled by boulders and rocks. The gap between the two parts of the bridge was filled instead of concreting it
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Baitul Mal (PBM) on Tuesday distributed ration bags among, river flood affected families of Redjun in Upper Chitral. According to a press release, PBM Managing Director Amir Fida Paracha supervised the distribution of ration bags, each containing flour, ghee, rice, lentils, sugar, dry fruits and edibles among 13 families. The MD was looking
CHITRAL: The Chitral Development Movement on Saturday asked the government to order the relevant officials to rebuild the damaged road in Reshun village in the upper parts of Chitral. Speaking at a press conference here, the movement’s Chairman Waqas Ahmad Advocate criticized the National Highways Authority (NHA) and the provincial Irrigation Department for failing to
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YARKHUN: The flooding river Yarkhun has swept away a bridge between Sholkoch and Wasum river, locals told ChitralToday. The bridge connected different villages on both sides of the river such as Sholkoch and Wasum. The pedestrian bridge had been in poor shape for years abd despite repeated appeal by the locals the government failed to
CHITRAL: The residents of Upper Chitral have asked the government to take swift action for the rehabilitation of roads and irrigation channels damaged by glacial lake outburst flooding (GLOF) in various areas of the district. Social figure Fayyaz Ahmad and other elders of Yarkhun Valley said that floods in various seasonal streams had washed away
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ISLAMABAD: Serena Hotels have expanded into Peshawar after purchasing the building of Pearl Continental (PC) Hotel which has shifted to another building in the city. The Tourism Promotion Services (Pak) had entered into a business sale agreement with Pakistan Services Limited to acquire Pearl Continental Hotel Peshawar with the intent to promote the untapped potential
MASTUJ: Tourists and spectators coming from the annual Shandur festival were stranded at Shaidas and Harchin in Laspur valley due to flooding in the local streams on July 3, 2022. One woman from Harchin is feared drowned in the Harchin Gol flood; a vehicle swept away by gushing waters in the stream. The stranded travelers
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