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PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Mahmood Khan on Wednesday directed the departments concerned to focus on CPEC related projects Gilgit-Shandur-Chitral and Chakdara road and accelerate works on these projects. The meeting was informed that the Gilgit-Shandur via Chitral to Chakdara road was an alternative route to CPEC. “Work on this project is going on and ECNEC has […]

CHITRAL: The Kashmir markhor who had two days earlier run away from Chitral Gol National Park and got itself trapped near Chew bridge, was captured by the Airport Security Force (ASF) personnel while entering the airport premises early on Monday morning. The markhor was then handed over to the wildlife department officials who released it

CHITRAL: A trapped Kashmir markhor could not be retrieved from a small cave in a hill along the Chitral River near the Chew bridge where it had taken refuge after being frightened by the motorists on the Airport Road on Friday morning. Divisional forest officer, Chitral Gol wildlife division, Irshad Ahmed said while grazing in

CHITRAL: While it is not clear how many foreigners are working in Chitral and where they are based, the local police have been showing its preparedness to ensure their security since a terror attack on the Chinese consulate in Karachi a few days ago. Today, the police conducted a mock exercise on over a foot-deep

BOONI: People from different areas gathered at the PTDC motel here and celebrated the creation of the new district of Upper Chitral on Thursday.–GH Farooqui

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday approved in principle to change the status of Gilgit-Baltistan to an interim province by accepting the recommendations of a reforms committee. The federal cabinet would discuss the matter to change the status of G-B today in a meeting to be presided over by Prime Minister Imran Khan. According

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Tourism Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Atif Khan has announced to set up a specialized tourist police force in Chitral and Hazara Belt. The step has been taken to ensure protection and proper facilities to foreign tourists.

CHITRAL: The federal government has approved release of Rs60 million for the repair/widening of Booni-Buzund (Torkhow road), sources told ChitralToday here on Monday. They said three weeks ago minority MPA from Chitral Wazir Zada had met provincial minister communications and work Akbar Ayub and  informed him about the reservations of the people of Torkhow over