YARKHUN, May 8: A temporary pedestrian bridge built to connect the villages of Bang and Meragram No. 2 in Upper Chitral’s Yarkhun valley has also been washed away by the river as water levels surged, completely cutting off the residents of both villages and nearby areas. The bridge served as the only remaining crossing after […]
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PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court has imposed a ban on illegal glacier cutting across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, citing severe environmental risks, particularly to flood-prone areas like Chitral. Hearing a petition by Tariq Afghan, the court was informed that up to 200 trucks of glacier ice are being extracted daily for commercial sale, accelerating glacial melt and
Bashir Hussain Azad | Chitral Today CHITRAL: Representatives of eight village conservation committees (VCCs) from Toshi Shasha have issued a two-day ultimatum to the KP government to transfer Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Wildlife Farooq Nabi. They warned that if the government failed to do so, they would launch a protest sit-in on Garam Chashma road
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BOONI: The traffic police Upper Chitral have intensified their crackdown on overloaded passenger vehicles throughout the district. Officers have been stationed at key locations on the instructions of District Police Officer (DPO) Hamidullah to identify violators and issue on-the-spot fines, said a statement issued by the police. They are actively penalizing drivers who overload their
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Zulfiqar Ahmad ISLAMABAD, May 6: Lance Naik Qazi Sher Nawaz Khan of Chitral Scouts has been posthumously awarded the Tamgha-e-Basalat, one of Pakistan’s highest military honours, in recognition of his exceptional bravery and selfless service. Qazi Nawaz, a young soldier from the remote village of Qaziyandeh Khuz in Upper Chitral, was martyred in action on
