CHITRAL: Torrential rain on Wednesday triggered flooding in streams in various parts of Lower Chitral. The flooding in nullahs, especially at Baradam, blocked the road to Chitral for several hours. A large number of people returning home to celebrate Eidul Azha from different parts of the country remained stuck in the affected areas. The office […]
PESHAWAR: Ambassador and Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Pakistan Dr Riina Kionka on Saturday expressed satisfaction with the level of community resilience against natural disasters in Chitral region and promised her organisation’s help and support to scale it up. During a daylong visit to Booni, the district headquarters of Upper Chitral,
BOONI: A man committed suicide in the Mastuj town of Upper Chitral, according to an official of the local police. The official identified the suicide victim as Syed Akbar Shah. He said Shah ended his life by hanging from the ceiling in of a room in his house. According to the official, Shah\’s son had
CHITRAL: A datsun coming to the Chitral town from Mastuj fell into a ravine near Koghuzi on Saturday. As a result, the driver of the vehicle died on the spot. He was identified as Junaid Sharif, son of Muhammad Sharif, a resident of Drosh. Local people retrieved the vehicle from the ravine at Mashkeli while
CHITRAL: Scores of professional beggars were sent back to their native districts on the direction of the district police officer Ikramullah Khan, said a spokesman on Friday. With the arrival of the holy month of Ramazan every year, a large number of beggars arrive in Chitral from down districts. The beggars arriving in Chitral city
