CHITRAL: Thousands of people attended Eidul Azha prayers in mosques, jamatkhanas and open spaces across Chitral on Monday. The biggest congregation was held at Eidgah in Ayun in which people from Ayun, Broz, Bumburate, Syedabad, Gahiret and Orghoch participated. Molana Kamaluddin led the prayers and highlighted the significance of Eidul Azha. In Upper Chitral, major […]
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CHITRAL: Armed men are reported to have taken away 100 goats from the summer grazing ground of Jinjiret Koh. Local people said shepherd Abdur Rehman had taken the goats of Munawar Khan and Tor Lali to the Sherasin mountain top when about 10 armed men reached there and took away the goats. The shepherd suspected
CHITRAL: The three-day Broghil festival will commence from August 23 under the auspices of the village council and a local support organisation. Broghil village nazim Amin Jan Tajik told mediapersons at the Chitral Press Club that the festival would showcase the different aspects of the ancient and unique Wakhi culture while yak race and yak
RESHUN: One person died and 13 others were injured when a Hiace going to Mulkhow from Peshawar skidded off the road and overturned at Kuloom Shughoor near Reshun today. The injured were shifted to Tehsil Headquarters (THQ) Hospital in Booni. The deceased was identified as Noor Hassan, a resident of Saht.
CHITRAL: Prince Amyn Muhammad, the younger brother of Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims\’ spiritual leader His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan, reached Chitral on a one-day visit on Tuesday. When the guest arrived at the Chitral airport in a special flight, Deputy Commissioner Naveed Ahmed and Ismaili community leaders welcomed him. Prince Amyn then went to
CHITRAL: Wasim Riaz, a BPS 18 officer of Police Service of Pakistan (PSP), on Tuesday took charge as the new district police officer (DPO) of lower Chitral. As the new DPO, Wasim replaced Furqan Bilal who was transferred and posted to Punjab by the government a few days ago. The government has however not appointed
BOONI: Speakers at a seminar shed light of causes of rising suicide cases among young people of Chitral and presented steps to check the dangerous trend. The seminar, \”Rising suicides and our responsibility\” was organized by Awi Development Forum (ADF), says a press release. Educationists, psychologists and others including Shamsur Nazar Fatemi, Inayatullah and Shazia
PESHAWAR: Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) has issued an alert about torrential rain and flash floods within the next 36 hours in Chirral. In an alert, it said there were chances of a rise in temperature that could lead to glacial lake outburst floods (GLOF) across Chitral. The PDMA asked departments concerned to take precautionary
CHITRAL: Snow Leopard Foundation (SLF), in order to sensitize the community through awareness, launched a cleanliness campaign at Shandur during the annual festival there. A temporary tent village is set out at the venue by the participants but there is no proper waste disposal mechanism and most of the trash is thrown away in the
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CHITRAL: Three girls committed suicide within a week in different parts of Chitral, police and local people said. One of the girls, a native of Washich in Torkhow, whose family is settled in Jughor, ended her life by jumping into the river. Her relatives said she had passed the SSC exam with good marks and
