Chitral News

CHITRAL, April 24: A young student was buried under an avalanche in the Sonoghur village of upper Chitral on Thursday, residents and rescue officials told ChitralToday on phone from the area.  The victim was identified as Akhtar Hussain, son of Sardar Hussain of Sonoghur. Reports said Akhtar had gone to the hillside at Tau area and […]

CHITRAL, March 24: About 15 children are reported to have died of pneumonia in the Khot village of Torkhow tehsil in upper Chitral. District Health Officer (DHO) Chitral Dr Israrullah while talking to this correspondent confirmed that the 15 children had died in February and March of pneumonia. The  temperatures in the area hovered around

CHITRAL, March 24: The Chitral Heritage and Environment Protection Society (CHEPS) has started a plantation campaign in Chitral.  In this regard, Mr. Rahmat Ali Jaffer Dost, the chairman CHEPS, visited more than 50 schools and colleges and launched the campaigns there. “Two out of these programmes were funded by Sarhad Rural Support Programme (SRSP),” he

Report Gul Hamaad Farooqi CHITRAL, Feb 11: A resident of Drosh has accused the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) of occupying his building even after the expiry of an agreement under which the NBP had hired it a few years back. Talking to ChitralToday here, Haji Muhammad Yousuf, son of Gul Mula Khan, a resident