PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa wildlife department auctioned four permits for trophy hunting of markhor in Chitral and Kohistan districts through open bidding. A statement issued here said the highest bids of $271,000 each (equivalent to Rs75,442,578) were offered for Toshi 1 and Toshi 2 conservancies, Chitral. This is the highest rate ever offered in the […]
Irshadullah Khan CHITRAL: A youth died and his brother sustained serious injuries when a jeep the deceased was driving veered off the Prayet-Phasti Road and plunged into a deep ravine on Thursday morning. Local people told Chitral Today that driver of the vehicle, Akhtar Hussain of Phasti village, Lower Chitral died on the spot. His
CHITRAL: The administrations of both the Lower and Upper Chitral districts have banned keeping, transporting or dealing with electronic devices to lure the migratory waterfowls to land in the river and artificial ponds to hunt them down. In separate notifications issued here on Wednesday, Lower Chitral deputy commissioner Mohsin Iqbal and Upper Chitral DC Haseebur
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DROSH: A fire broke out in the Drosh bazar on Sunday, but the flames were controlled by Rescue 1122 before spreading out to the markets. Rescue 1222 in a statement said that the fire was caused by an electric short circuiting. The fire engulfed a tandoor, a general store and a spare parts shop in
BOONI: The land cruiser service of Northern Areas Transport Corporation (NATCO) has been re-launched between Booni and Gilgit. NATCO in a statement on social media said that the land cruiser service was earlier available between Mastuj and Gilgit. However, on the request of commuters the service was first launched from Booni in 2022. Later, there
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