CHITRAL: The directorate general of health held a workshop here to increase breastfeeding awareness. The event was attended by lady health workers, lady health visitors and nurses. The speakers, including focal person for the initiative Zafar Khan, public health coordinator Dr Wali Khan, charge nurse Sakina and district khateeb Maulana Fazle Maula, advocated breastfeeding and […]
DROSH: A fire has been raging in the forest of Drosh Gol for over 24 hours, local people told ChitralToday. They said the flames have damaged flora and fauna over a large swath of forest. Chitral Scouts and police along with the forest department officials should be sent to the site, they said. It is
CHITRAL: A mock exercise for removing injured from disaster-hit places and giving them first aid was conducted as a measure of disaster risk management for disaster-prone Reshun village in Upper Chitral. The exercise was conducted under UNDP-funded Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF)-II project on the premises of Government High School Reshun. The event attracted a
CHITRAL: The Lower Chitral police have arrested a woman for allegedly defrauding people of Rs5 million on different pretexts, including promising them government jobs. An official of the city police station said Ms Amina, hailing from Torkhow area of Upper Chitral, was arrested a week ago. He said the woman was impersonating herself as a
CHITRAL: Two persons were injured when a truck fell into the roadside agricultural field near WAPDA Colony in Koghuzi on Friday. Rescue 1122 said the goods truck was going to Upper Chitral when it met with the accident due to brake failure. The injured driver and his helper, who belong to Upper Dir, were shifted
