PESHAWAR: The caretaker KP government has transferred the district police officer (DPO) of Lower Chitral and appointed a new DPO within about three months. According to a notification issued from the office of the inspector general of police, DPO Lower Chitral Ikram Ullah, a grade 18 officer of the Police Service of Pakistan (PSP), has […]
Dr Shahbaz Khan A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to enjoy the hospitality of a dear friend in Chitral. Until its division into two parts in 2018, it used to be the largest district in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), covering an area of 14,850sqkms. With a population of around 0.51 million, Chitral is mainly connected
CHITRAL: Civil society and social activists on Saturday strongly condemned alleged attack by workers of a contractor of the Chitral-Mastuj road project on journalist Gul Hamaad Farooqui. Speaking at a press conference here along with the journalist, they said people of Chitral have been complaining against Umar Jan and Co. for highly poor quality work
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CHITRAL (APP): A non-governmental organization, Helping Hand, on Thursday arranged a seminar, “Youth for a cooler planet” at a hotel in Chitral. Hamid Ahmad Mir, an environment expert, spoke about how smoking, pollution and carbonyl gases were changing the planet and how climate change was affecting it. According to experts, abrupt floods brought on by
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CHITRAL: Police have registered a first information report (FIR) against three laborers working on the under-construction Chitral-Booni road on the charge of physically assaulting and threatening senior journalist Gul Hamaad Farooqui. However, no further action has been initiated against the nominated persons. According to the FIR, Faqooqui was returning home at Shahmiran Deh in Chitral
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BOONI: A 9th class student from the remote village of Upper Chitral topped a nation-wise speech contest in Urdu language held in Peshawar in connection with a Seeratun Nabi conference. Assistant District Education Officer Upper Chitral Rehmat Ali Khan told ChitralToday that Aliur Rehman, of the Govt High School Verkhop, had earlier held first position
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Prof. Rahmat Karim Baig The word ‘Hindu Kush’ is neither Khowar nor English or Kalasha but it was coined and brought to this region from Dari – a variant of Persian – spoken in some states of Central Asia such as Uzbekistan, Tajikstan and parts of north Afghanistan. The chain of the sierras of Hindu
Mubashir Sultan The glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) that occurred in 2005, 2015, 2022 and most recently in 2023 created lots of challenges for the people of village Brep. These flood-distressed residents include those directly affected by the GLOFs and those residing in high-risk areas. The beautiful village of Brep located in tehsil Mastuj of
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BOONI: The RCC bridge at Rayin village of Torkhow valley was on Wednesday inaugurated by Deputy Commissioner Upper Chitral Muhammad Irfanuddin. Assistant Commissioner Mulkhow/Torkhow Rab Nawaz and other officials along with residents of the area were present on the occasion. Speaking on the occasion, the deputy commissioner assured the locals that work on the Booni-Buzund
CHITRAL: As many as 14 passengers were injured when a van skidded off the road and rammed into a roadside protection wall here in Monday. According to Rescue 1122, the van was going to Drosh from Chitral town when the accident occurred near the bridge in front of Chitral Scouts headquarters. Rescue 1122 staff shifted
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