MASTUJ: Tourists and spectators coming from the annual Shandur festival were stranded at Shaidas and Harchin in Laspur valley due to flooding in the local streams on July 3, 2022. One woman from Harchin is feared drowned in the Harchin Gol flood; a vehicle swept away by gushing waters in the stream. The stranded travelers […]
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BOONI: Five people, including women, were injured in a road traffic accident near Istaro bridge of Upper Chitral, local people said on Saturday. The vehicle – a double door Datsun (PS-1260) – was going to Terich from Lower Chitral when it could not ascend the road a few metres before the bridge and fell back
CHITRAL: A woman belonging to the Kushum village of Chitral ended her life by jumping into the river due to unknown reasons. Rescue 1122 said that the woman, in her 20s, daughter of Abdur Rahim, committed suicide on the night of June 30. The emergency service said after receiving information, its staff were searching for
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) issued a glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) advisory for five districts after a similar flood was reported from the remote Arkari area of Lower Chitral. The advisory — issued for the districts of Upper and Lower Chitral, Swat, Upper Dir and Upper Kohistan — warned of
We are deeply saddened over the passing of Ehsanul Haq Jan of Booni, Upper Chitral, in United States of America (USA). He was 52. Ehsanul Haq Jan was associated with the UNICEF and had been living in the USA along with his family for the last many years. Earlier, he worked with the AKDN in
