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Road accident leaves two dead near Green Lasht

Road accident leaves two dead

BOONI: Two persons lost their lives in a road accident near Green Lasht, Upper Chitral, on Sunday. Rescue 1122 said the two men were travelling in a Jimny when it skidded off the road and fell on the riverside. As a result, Salim Khan, son of Theni Khan, and Farhatullah, son of Mali Khan, died

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Accident at Karak leaves two dead, three injured

Speeding van kills bike rider

Sher Afgan BOONI: A speeding flying coach hit and killed a motorcyclist on Chitral-Mastuj road at Junalicoch early on Thursday. Eyewitness told ChitralToday that the coach hit the bike rider near the government college. He died on the spot. The deceased was identified as Qurban Ali, a resident of Awi Lasht.  The passenger van, with

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Chitral roads at mercy of Allah, says CJ

PHC rejects plea for riverbed mining

PESHAWAR: Peshawar High Court has turned down the petition of a Chinese private company to allow the excavation of sand and gravel from the bed of the Kunhar River for the construction activities of the Suki Kinari hydropower project in Manshera district. A bench consisting of Chief Justice Qaiser Rashid Khan and Justice Ijaz Anwar

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Four crush plants sealed

Four crush plants sealed

CHITRAL: The district administration of Lower Chitral sealed four crush plants set up along the Chitral river at Chitral Shotar on Monday. A team from the district administration and mines and mineral department after sealing the plants also got FIRs registered against  owners of the plants, the Lower Chitral DC office said in a statement.

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