CHITRAL, March 3: The construction of artificial ponds and lakes in the riverbed adjacent to Chitral Airport by hunters to lure migratory ducks goes unnoticed which has posed potential threat to the incoming and outgoing flights. Last year, on October 19, Shahzada Fatehul Mulk Ali Nasir, the Mehtar of Chitral and the owner of the […]
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CHITRAL, March 1: A court here on Thursday rejected the bail application of former district nazim Chitral Haji Maghfirat Shah who has been arrested in the explosives theft case. The former district nazim and a key Jamaat-i-Islami leader in Chitral was put behind bars after his bail-before arrest plea was tuned down by District and
Zulfiqar Ahmad CHITRAL, Feb 25: Former district nazim (mayor) of Chitral Maghfirat Shah was arrested in the explosives theft case in Chitral on Monday. Sources told chitraltoday.net that a local court gave the former nazim belonging to the Jamaat-i-Islami party to the Koghuzi police on a three-day physical remand. He was arrested from the premises
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ISLAMABAD: Chitral\’s environmental issues were here taken up with a Senate committee civil society activists. A group briefed the Senate Committee on Climate Change, which is headed by Senator Dr. Saeeda Iqbal, about the environmental issues faced by Chitral with special focus on deforestation of local forest and recent illegal shooting of Markhor in conservancy
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CHITRAL, Feb 17: An 11-year old girl reportedly hanged herself to death in Awi village of upper Chitral on Saturday night. This was the second case of ‘suicide’ in upper Chitral in less than one week. The residents of Awi said Fareeha Ali, daughter of Rahmat Ali in Awi Lasht, was found hanging inside her room
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CHITRAL, Feb 14: The Chitral Integrated Area Development Program (CIADP) launched a tree plantation drive in collaboration with the district government here. Additional Deputy Commissioner Abdul Ghaffar was chief guest on the occasion while Commandant Chitral Scouts, divisional forest officer wildlife, forest range officer and heads of all departments were present. On this occasion, the
ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: A Chitrali man has gone missing in the federal capital for the last over two weeks. It has been learnt that Mohammad Sajjad, 35, a resident of Lon, came to Islamabad to work as a construction labourer. His colleagues told Chitraltoday that Sajjad was mentally disturbed. He left his place of work
CHITRAL, Jan 31: CHEPS with the cooperation of AKRSP and CCDN held an environmental workshop for youths in Chitral. A large number of youth, both male and female and community members and activists participated on this gathering. Participants of the workshop. While speaking on the occasion, CHEPS Chairman Rehmat Ali Jaffar Dost said unchecked deforestation
CHITRAL, Jan 31: A portion of the Chitral-Booni-Mastuj road at Zait has been cut off due an erosion for the last three years causing hardship for the hundreds of passengers travelling on the road daily. However, despite the passage of so many years the authorities have not bothered to repair and restore traffic on the
CHITRAL, Dec 27: Local leaders and activists of the PPP paid tributes to Benazir Bhutto, the slain chairperson of the party, on her fifth death anniversary here on Thursday. In this connection, special gatherings were held in Chitral town and Booni. At the gathering in Chitral’s town hall, PPP district president and provincial minister for
