PESHAWAR: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative in Pakistan Knut Ostby has said Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (Glof) risk reduction was an important project for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, keeping in view the rapidly melting glaciers due to climate change. A statement issued here said that Mr Ostby met the provincial secretaries for relief, rehabilitation and […]
BOONI: The displaced people of Reshun have been offered land in Qaqlasht for resettlement. Mukhtar Ahmed Sangin, the president of Qaqlasht Committee, said the government should announce a rehabilitation plan for all those rendered homeless due to river erosion in Shader, Reshun. If the government fails to do so, we can accommodate the displaced people
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PESHAWAR: There will be no annual Shandur festival this year too, the KP tourism department announced on Monday. The festival could not be held due to the Covid-19 pandemic in the year 2020 as well. However, local enthusiasts celebrated the Shandur festival amid pandemic on their own. A notification issued by the KP culture and
BOONI: Residents of Reshun have approached the Booni police seeking the registration of an FIR against government officials concerned for their negligence that led to the erosion of the Chitral-Mastuj road along with private properties, including houses and lands, in Shader area of Reshun three days ago. The application for the registration of a case
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CHITRAL: A fire erupted in the kitchen of a girls\’ hostel in the Goldur area of Chitral town on Monday. Rescue 1122 said after being alerted about the incident, its staff reached Nisa Girls Hostel and put out the flames within five minutes. The rescuers saved rooms of the hostel from the fire, it added.
ISLAMABAD: Chitrali student drowns in Khanpur dam. The university student from Upepr Chitral drowned while picnicking in the dam. The deceased, Zahir Ali, 21, a resident of Junalikoch in Upper Chitral, was a BS student of Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi. He drowned in the dam along with another Chitrali youth who was however saved by
CHITRAL: The fire that erupted in a forest in the Birir valley of Lower Chitral on Saturday could only be controlled partially on the second day on Sunday. Rescue 1122 on Sunday said its staff along with the Chitral Levies, district administration, forest department and the local people continued efforts to extinguish the flames but
CHITRAL: Five people were injured when a land cruiser and a Jimny collided with each other on Chitral-Mastuj road at Lenik near Denin on Sunday. Rescue 1122 said the land cruiser was going to Gohkir in Upper Chitral when the accident occurred. Five people, including the driver, travelling in the land cruiser sustained minor injuries
CHITRAL: A fire broke out in the forest of Birir located in the limits of the Ayun union council. Rescue 1122 said its staff reached the spot after crossing difficult terrains and were engaged in extinguishing the flames. Mysteries fires have often been reported from forest areas of Lower Chitral in the past too.
CHITRAL: A Jirga will decide the land dispute between the two groups of people in Madaklasht, said the office of the district police officer, Lower Chitral. The decision was made during a meeting of people from Madaklasht at the office of DPO Sonia Shamroz on Friday. The participants decided that the issue between the two
