CHITRAL: Representatives of Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) on Saturday distributed relief items among the flood-affected people of Bunaka village in the Golen valley. The relief goods, including blankets, tents, canes of water, lanterns and mosquito nets were handed over to members of nine households. Speaking on the occasion, Khurshid Mugham Advocate thanked the PRCS […]
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CHITRAL: The three-day Broghil festival will b held from Aug 16 at Broghil National Park. Organizers of the festival told ChitralToday here that this year a large number of tourists were expected to visit the far-off area of Chitral to witness the event. Festival chairman Amin Jan Tajik and focal person Muhammad Irshad said yak
CHITRAL: The glacial lake outburst flood in Golen valley has led to acute water shortage for drinking and irrigation purposes in many villages, including parts of Chitral town, due to the damaged water pipes. The longitudinal stream running through Golen valley along with many others supplies water to Mori Payeen, Barghuzi and Kuju villages through
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CHITRAL: A separate seven megawatt capacity transformer was on Wednesday installed at Jutilasht grid station to ensure uninterrupted power supply to Upper Chitral. From July 12, five megawatt will be transmitted through this transformer to Upper Chitral, an official told ChitralToday. The new transformer arrived in Chitral from Lahore a day earlier. A leader of
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ARKARI: A team from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) visited Arkari valley where a large number of people welcomed and thanked them for taking a trip to the most backward area of Chitral. The locals shed light on the issues of the area and said that Arkari was prone to glacial lake outburst floods
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CHITRAL: Seven people, including six members of a family, were injured when a 2D car fell into a ravine due to speeding at Domun in Broz on Tuesday afternoon, local police said. The car was going to Khairabad when it got out of the driver\’s control while descending a slope and fell into the ravine.
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WARIJUM: A day-long free medical camp was held at RHC Warijun under the patronage of local organization, Shah Community Health Awareness, Education and Research. Specialist physicians and surgeons provided consultations to hundreds of patients. Medicines were also provided to the patients on spot. Further referrals were planned for selected patients who needed advanced care. Asif Ali Shah
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CHITRAL: Aleema Khan, the sister of Prime Minister Imran Khan, was on a one-day private trip in Golane valley which was hit by floods yesterday. She is still in the flood-hit valley but is perfectly safe, family sources told ChitralToday. The flash floods have damanged the road and bridges to Golen and also infrastructure related
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CHITRAL: Footballers from Ideal Club of Drosh are all set to participate in the qualifying small-sided football matches for the International Socca World Cup 2019 being held in Greece in Oct 2019. Leisure Leagues, an international body for the promotion of small-sided football, is facilitating and organizing football tournaments in Pakistan as a road to
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PESHAWAR: Authorities say counterterrorism forces have arrested a man who was allegedly funding al-Qaeda militants under the cover of a non-governmental organization. Officer Ilyas Khan of the provincial Counter-Terrorism Department said Ali Nawaz, son of Amir Nawaz of Chitral, was using multiple bank accounts linked with the NGO, Human Concern International (HCI). The official said
