CHITRAL: Flash floods, landsliding and avalanches following heavy rain and snowfall have also blocked Garam Chashma road at several places. Affected residents have called upon district administration of Lower Chitral to expedite work to reopen road. They said that though the district administration had launched work to remove the debris and obstacles from the road, […]
CHITRAL: Roads to many areas in Chitral and Gilgit-Baltistan have been blocked due to flooding and landslides following the rain and snowfall. The rain and snowfall continued in Chitral and Gilgit-Baltistan for over two days causing blockades of roads including Karakorum highway, Chitral to Garam Chashma, Kalash valley, Madaklasht, Torkhow, Yarkhun and Broghil. Hundreds of
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PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cabinet at a meeting approved the gazette notification of Bashkar in Garam Chashma Lower Chitral as the biosphere reserve under Section 30 of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Wildlife and Biodiversity Act 2015. This and a site in Gallyat were added to the World Network of Biosphere Reserves on June 14, 2023 by
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ISLAMABAD: A private airliner is planning to launch flights to Chitral and Gilgit-Baltistan soon. The Chinese airlines will operate daily two flights to Chitral, Gilgit and Skardu from Islamabad and Lahore. As part of its launch plan, South Air will begin its operations with two turboprop aircraft, ensuring improved connectivity to the scenic northern areas
BOONI: A jeep carrying passengers remained stuck in snow and mud at Kaghlasht in Upper Chitral. Rescue 1122 said that the jeep was going to Kushum village from Booni when it slipped and stuck in mud during snowfall. Rescue 1122 staffers reached the spot and retrieved the vehicle out of the mud. Chitral received intermittent
