By Manzoor Ali (Express Tribune)PESHAWAR, July 21: Norwegian mountaineer Ralph Hoibakk is coming back to Pakistan in August to mark his golden jubilee of scaling Terich Mir, the highest peak of the Hindu Kush Mountain Range.According to an email sent to the Tourism Corporation Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (TCKP) by Shahzada Sirajul Mulk, a member of the Chitral […]
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CHITRAL: Residents of Kalash valley of Rumbur have demanded of the provincial government to lift ban on transportation of wood harvested from their forest to the timber depot at Chakdara. Addressing a press conference here on Saturday, the office-bearers of the local joint forest management committee (JFMC), Mohammad Yaqub, Saifullah Jan, Shahzada Khan, Jamati Khan
SKARDU, June 25: Deputy Commissioner Skardu Raja Fazal Khalique was beaten up by villagers in the Chomik area yesterday in the absence of police officials. According to details printed in the regional press, the DC had gone to the construction site of a mosque in Chomik over which there is a dispute. The DC, reportedly,
TIMARGARAH, June 23: Forest owners and members of the defunct joint forest management committees (JFMCs) from different valleys of Chitral gathered at Timargarah on Monday and threatened the KP government to lift the ban on movement of timber till July 14 otherwise they would start protest demonstrations. They were also joined by forest owners and
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Parsan is a beautiful valley of tehsil Garam Chashma with a population of 350 households. It is about 45 kilometers away from the Chitral town. But this scenic area has been withering away due to water logging for many years. The unusual change in the climate has increased the melting of glaciers in the region
