BANG (UPPER CHITRAL): The road to Yarkhun valley was on Sunday washed away by a glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) in Sholkoch Gol, local people told ChitralToday on phone. They said the whole area north of Solkoch up to the Broghil valley on the Afghan border remained cut off. So far, no help has come […]
BOONI: Five people, including women, were injured in a road traffic accident near Istaro bridge of Upper Chitral, local people said on Saturday. The vehicle – a double door Datsun (PS-1260) – was going to Terich from Lower Chitral when it could not ascend the road a few metres before the bridge and fell back
CHITRAL: A woman belonging to the Kushum village of Chitral ended her life by jumping into the river due to unknown reasons. Rescue 1122 said that the woman, in her 20s, daughter of Abdur Rahim, committed suicide on the night of June 30. The emergency service said after receiving information, its staff were searching for
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) issued a glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) advisory for five districts after a similar flood was reported from the remote Arkari area of Lower Chitral. The advisory — issued for the districts of Upper and Lower Chitral, Swat, Upper Dir and Upper Kohistan — warned of
PESHAWAR: A student from Chitral was found strangled to death in a room of a private hostel of Islamia College University Peshawar. The victim was identified as Shahid Ahmed, a mathematics student from Chitral. The dead body was shifted to his native area by the police after postmortem. Police said they have registered a case
CHITRAL: A glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) in Rabbit village in Arkari valley of Lower Chitral damaged private properties on Wednesday, local people told ChitralToday. The GLOF washed away the link road to the village besides destroying standing crops and orchards of five families. Two bridges over the stream were also washed away by the
CHITRAL: Mr Shahzad Ahmad Shah alias Shaji from Chitral has been selected as a player in Pakistan polo team that will take part in the 12th World Cup Polo Zone E Playoffs in London this year. Shaji, a naib subedar from Sonoghur village of Upper Chitral, has been playing for the Chitral Scouts and is
CHITRAL: Police have arrested the mastermind of the attack on its personnel in Urson checkpost a few days back in which one cop was martyred and three others injured. \”Yes, we have arrested the accused and will share more details after completion of the investigation,” District Police Officer, Lower Chitral, Sonia Shamrooz told reporters here.
CHITRAL: The restoration of the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) office in Garam Chashma has been approved by the authorities in Islamabad. According to MNA Molana Abdul Akbar, the closure of the NADRA office a few months ago had caused immense hardship to the people of the Garam Chashma valley. Last month, he added,
CHITRAL: A constable of Chitral police was martyred by terrorists in Ursoon area of Lower Chitral on Monday night, said the police. It said Arbab Uddin was on duty when the terror elements opened fire and martyred him. It, however, did not give details how the terrorists attacked the police personnel. Sources said a team
