CHITRAL: The PSO Dealers and Cartage Contractors Union Chitral at its general body meeting elected Razitu Billah as its new president. Liaquat Ali was requested to act as the patron-in-chief of the union while Shahid Iqbal was elected as the general secretary. Other members of the cabinet are: Khalil Ashraf, secretary finance; Jamil Ahmed, senior […]
BOONI: The three-day annual Qaqlasht festival will now start on May 1, the organizing committee announced after a meeting here on Tuesday evening. The meeting was chaired by its chief Shahzada Sikendarul Mulk. Earlier, the committee had announced that the festival would be held from April 18. However, due to the rain and road blockades
Siraj Ulmulk CHITRAL: The mountain side connected to a small tunnel built by people of Parsan 20 years ago collapsed burying the narrow passageway to the area on Monday. The mountain came down in front of some villagers who were even able to capture it on their phones. Miraculously no one got hurt. The story
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Sher Dullah (Parsan valley) There is an urgent need for government intervention in Parsan valley which is facing a crisis-like situation with its main road blocked since the recent rain and snowfall. The primary road connecting Parsan to Chitral has collapsed, leaving residents in a state of isolation and facing significant challenges. The ramifications of
AYUN: Youth from a locality in Ayun on Sunday restored water supply to their area after repairing the damaged canal on self-help basis. Huge boulders and stones along with mud had filled the canal, suspending water supply to the locality, Darkhanandeh. As a result, the residents were without water for over a week. The volunteers
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CHITRAL: Police have arrested a man after recovering ice from his house and car on Sunday. In a statement, the Lower Chitral police said that a crackdown on drug peddlers was underway in the district. During checking, a police team led by Station House Officer City Bulbul Hassan recovered 117 grams of ice from the
CHITRAL: The road to Bumburate was opened on Saturday after debris brought down by a landsliding were removed by Rescue 1122. Rescue 1122 Lower Chitral said that the road was blocked at Wadus village. After receiving information that a large number of tourists and local people had stranded on both sides of the blockade, the
Gul Hamad Farooqi CHITRAL: After the recent rains and snowfall, Arandu has remained cut off as the only road to the area is blocked due to flooding and landsliding. Heavy stones and boulders from mountains had fallen on the road from Mirkhani, Langorbat, Damel Nisar, Kotai and Ramram to Arandu. However, on the direction of
ISLAMABAD: In response to media queries regarding the US decision to impose sanctions on commercial entities for allegations of links with Pakistan’s ballistic missile programme, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Pakistan was not aware of such decisions. In a statement, spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said: \”Such listings of commercial entities have taken place in
Irshadullah Khan Chitral continued to face flash flooding and landsliding caused by heavy rainfall on Friday with multiple roads, including that of the Prayit Phasti village, blocked at different points. Social worker Aftabur Rehman told Chitral Today that due to the recent heavy rains and snowfall, the backward Phasti village, consisting of 120 houses, had
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