BOONI: A jeep carrying passengers remained stuck in snow and mud at Kaghlasht in Upper Chitral. Rescue 1122 said that the jeep was going to Kushum village from Booni when it slipped and stuck in mud during snowfall. Rescue 1122 staffers reached the spot and retrieved the vehicle out of the mud. Chitral received intermittent […]
ISLAMABAD: On World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, WHO and the government of Pakistan called on all partners to urgently invest in ending the deadly disease that affects over 686,000 people and causes 47,000 deaths annually in Pakistan. WHO said Pakistan bears 73% of the tuberculosis burden in the Eastern Mediterranean Region and is the 5th most
CHITRAL: Rain and snowfall have been reported from across Chitral with the meteorological department forecasting precipitation for a couple of more days. People coming home to celebrate Eidul Fitr from different parts of the country told ChitralToday that the Chitral-Peshawar road was blocked for several hours on Wednesday morning at Kaldam Gol in Drosh due
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Muhammad Irshadullah PESHAWAR: The residents of Torkhow and Mulkhow in Upper Chitral have rejected the government\’s decision to transfer these areas to PESCO (Peshawar Electric Supply Company), calling it unjust, and have announced a strong protest against it. Addressing a press conference at Peshawar Press Club on Tuesday, area leaders Umair Khalilullah, Molana Javed Hussain,
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CHITRAL: A Kalash elder on Monday accused a member of his own community of conspiring against their customs, traditions, and culture. Addressing a press conference here, Bahram Shah, a former Kalash minority member of the district council, alleged that Mangil Khan was attempting to erase the centuries-old traditions of the Kalash people, causing distress among
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M. Irshadullah CHITRAL: A house was gutted in a fire in the remote village of Khar Choom Lot Oveer in Upper Chitral on Saturday. The fire spread so rapidly that it engulfed the entire house within moments. Since the area is remote and lacks fire brigade services, local residents made strenuous efforts to extinguish the
KATHMANDU: On the first World Glaciers Day observed today (March 21, 2025), UN agencies in their reports warned that many glaciers will not survive the 21st century with five of the past six years recording the most rapid glacier retreat on record. “An avalanche of cascading impacts on economies, ecosystems and communities, not just in
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ISLAMABAD: The World Health Organization (WHO) says it has partnered with the government to protect with life-saving vaccines 2.8 million children who had missed routine doses due to the COVID-19 pandemic or any other reason during the first and second round of the ‘Big Catch-Up’ immunization campaign across Pakistan. The second phase of the campaign
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BOONI: A search operation has been launched to recover the dead body of a woman who reportedly fell into the river in Torkhow area of Upper Chitral. According to the family of the woman in Verkhop village, the woman might have committed suicide by jumping into the river as she has been missing since Tuesday
CHITRAL: Arrangements have been made for holding Kaghlasht festival in Upper Chitral in a befitting manner to attract tourists. This was stated at a meeting of the Kaghlasht Festival Committee held in Booni with Shahzada Sikandarul Mulk, the president of Chitral Polo Association, in the chair. It was decided that the event, to be held
