CHITRAL: The residents of Gobor village in Garam Chashma valley have demanded of the government to post doctor and lady health visitor at the local basic health unit (BHU). The member of tehsil council from Lot Koh, Khosh Mohammad, told Dawn by telephone that the snow-bound road to the valley was closed to traffic so […]
CHITRAL: The Chitral-Booni road remained closed for hours at Nerdeth after rocks/boulders fell down during heavy rain on Thursday. The rocks/boulders were later removed by the C&W department and the road was reopened for traffic. A large number of people remained stranded on both sides of the blocked portion of the road. As rain/snowfall continued
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By Jamil Negri GILGIT: The continuing Shisper Glacier surge and subsequent creation of a dammed lake has created the fear of another Attabad lake-like disaster in Hunza. An assessment report prepared by the Gilgit-Baltistan Disaster Management Authority (GBDMA) has warned that the dammed lake might burst any time and cause immense damage to the local
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CHITRAL: The first-ever snow sports festival will begin on Feb15 and continue for three days in Madak Lasht valley. The district administration and Hindukush Winter Sports Club will jointly hold the festival by arranging snow-related games such as skating, traditional snow sledging, trekking, etc. Non-local teams from the neighboring districts have also been invited to
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CHITRAL: The number of migratory ducks descending on the lakes and river here has increased during their course of migration from Siberia to the southern parts of the country due to frequent rainfall in Chitral valley. About 1.2 million migratory birds, majority of them ducks, pass through Chitral valley every year which serves as their
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