[File photo]. CHITRAL: The residents of Parwak village in Upper Chitral have demanded of the government to restore the siphon irrigation scheme on emergency basis to salvage their fodder and vegetable crops as well as fruit trees. They said that their crops and orchards started withering away after the siphon pipes were swept away by […]
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CHITRAL: A Karate coaching centre has, for the first time, been established in Chitral town. The Al-Ashraf Karate Centre/Club has started training youngsters on Shotogan Karate at the Chitral Public School and College. In a social media post, Muhammad Ilyas Ahmed said: \”I have taken part in inter-divisional Karate championship and have also imparted Karate
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CHITRAL: The farmers of Brep village in Yarkhoon valley have lost a major source of income in the form of apple orchards as the flash flood inundated three-fourth part of its area over the last two years, overrunning thousands of apple trees. Brep, known as the apple producing village, is consisted of about 1,200 households
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CHITRAL: Three persons were injured when a taxi car weered off the Vhitral-Peshawar road and crashed entered a roadside shop through its door at Chumarkhon on Saturday. The injured included the shopkeeper, driver of the car and a passenger. Rescue 1122 Lower Chitral said its team reached the spot and shifted the injured to the
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CHITRAL: Two persons lost their lives in a collision between two motorcycles on the 32 feet wide Chitral-Peshawar road in Saeedabad (Ispagh Lasht) on Friday. Rescue 1122 Lower Chitral said one person was also injured in the crash that was a result of rash driving. The two bikes collided head-on due to speeding, locals confirmed
Gul Hamaad Farooqi CHITRAL: Due to the torrential rains this year, the floods in nullas Chitral blocked the water flow in rivers at different areas, which led to mass destruction. On Garam Chashma road, there is a dangerous turning point at Singoor village where a safety wall had been built to protect the road and
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CHITRAL: The population of both the Upper and Lower Chitral districts has increased by only 68,400 people as per the results of the population census 2023۔ This means there won’t be the second provincial assembly constituency in the region as people were expecting after the delimitations for the forthcoming general elections. As per the results
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The U.S. State Department encouraged the Pakistani government in a March 7, 2022, meeting to remove Imran Khan as prime minister over his neutrality on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, according to a Pakistani government document obtained by The Intercept. The meeting, between the Pakistani ambassador to the United States and two State Department officials,
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BOONI: Officials from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) are visiting Upper Chitral to assess damages caused by recent floods and to help in rehabilitation activities. According to a statement, during a meeting with Deputy Commissioner Khalid Zaman at his office in Booni, the UNOCHA representatives were briefed about the
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Gul Hamaad Farooqi CHITRAL: Al the 135 sanitation workers of Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) Chitral have been on a strike for the last 10 days due to non-payment of their salaries for the last six months. Due to the strike of the sanitation workers, the town, especially Women and Children Hospital, District Headquarters Hospital, Shahi
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