Lineman dies after being electrocuted
DROSH: A lineman of WAPDA died after being electrocuted while working at the grid station in Drosh on Friday. The deceased lineman was identified as Ashiq Hussain.–GH Farooqui
BRIEF NEWS
Harasser of women in Kalash valley arrested in Peshawar
PESHAWAR: The man who was seen in a video clip harassing women in Kalash valley has been arrested from Peshawar and is now in custody of the Chitral police. The DPO Chitral office identified the suspect as Aimal Khan. He was held after the video clip showing him harassing a group of Kalash women in
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Consumer court moved against power outages
CHITRAL: After exhausting all forums and even protest demos, the consumer court has been moved against power utility companies for unjustified loadshedding in upper Chitral. In an application filed on behalf of Abdul Wali Advocate, who is a candidate of the PML-N for the provincial assembly seat (PK-1) of Chitral, advocates Niaz A. Niazi and
Girl attempts suicide
CHITRAL: A girl, aged 16, was on Tuesday night admitted to the District Headquarters Hospital with a broken arm and other injuries. The injured girl belonged to Uchust village. Sources told this correspondent that the girl identified as Karushma Bibi had tried to commit suicide by jumping from a building due to some domestic issues.
Retired teacher dies in accident
YARKHUN: Syed Shazda Ajam, a retired teacher of Aga Khan Education Service (AKES) and resident of Pardan, died in a road accident near Rech in Torkhow on Tuesday evening. He was 56. Mr Ajam along with his son had gone to Booni in his Potohar to meet his daughter who is a student there. After
Snow leopards go berserk in Yarkhun, kill scores of cattle
CHITRAL: People in the Yarkhun valley of upper Chitral have called upon the government, especially its wildlife department, to compensate them for the losses they incurred after snow leopards killed scores of their cattle. They said they respected the wildlife department\’s laws and had protected snow leopards but the wild animals were now killing their
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Martyred armyman\’s body brought home
CHITRAL: An army Jawan from Chitral who embraced martyrdom while fighting terrorists at Shawal, North Waziristan, was laid to rest with full military honor at his native village of Kosht on Monday. The funeral prayer of Sepoy Aftabur Rehman of Sindh Regiment was offered at the headquarters of Chitral Scouts before the body was sent
Body of Chitrali youth drowned near Karachi buried in Bumburate
CHITRAL: The body of a youth who drowned in Manchar Lake near Karachi on Saturday was brought to Chitral and buried in his native Bronthar village of Bumburate on Sunday. Muhammad Saleem, son of Nadir Khan, lived in FB Area of Karachi in connection with his job, and had gone to Mancher Lake with friends
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Children from orphanage entertained at DC office
CHITRAL: Deputy Commissioner Irshad Sodhar distributed Eid gifts among orphan children from an orphanage located in Denin. The orphan children were invited to the DC office on Eidul Fitr where they spent time playing and had lunch with the family of the deputy commissioner.–Khusrow Sarwar
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DHO satisfied with availability of facilities at RHC
CHITRAL: District Health Officer (DHO) Dr Israr Ullah on Saturday carried out snap visits to Regional Health Centre (RHC) Koghuzi and other centres and inspected the availability of healthcare facilities being provided to the patients. The DHO on the occasion issued directions to all doctors and paramedical staff in the healthcare centres to ensure patients
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