DROSH: Two youngsters got their legs broken during the first ever snow sports festival of Chitral which concluded on Sunday. The three-day festival was organized by Hindukush Snow Sports Association in Madaklasht valley. Over 300 people took part in different snow sports and games. The two injured were shifted to Drosh by local people as there […]
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CHITRAL: A Panah Gah in Chitral established at District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital has started functioning. The Panah Gah in Chitral accommodates male attendants of patients belonging to remote areas who are admitted to the hospital. The shelter has been set up by the district government, and it is part of the initiative announced by Prime
GILGIT: Hundreds of people protested in Chatorkhand valley of Ghizer district on Saturday against the killing of a teenage boy after assault. Speaking to the protesters, member GB Assembly Nawaz Khan Naji and others condemned the incident and said the victim’s father had nominated two alleged culprits in the case but police had failed to
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CHITRAL: A doctor from Lahore has approached the Peshawar High Court against stoppage of work by the district government of Chitral on his under-construction hotel in Karakal village of Kalash valley. Dr Irfan told this correspondent that he had married a woman in the village and his father-in-law gifted him a piece of land on
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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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KARACHI: Environment activists from Chitral cleaned up the beach at Sea View as a part of a cleanliness and plantation drive on Sunday. CHEPS in collaboration with Chitral Bikers Club and Nandoshi organisation organized the event in connection with their ‘Save Chitral Save Pakistan’ campaign. A large number of people attended the drive and cleaned
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