Chitral News

Maulana Inam elected JUI Drosh chief

DROSH, May 2: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) tehsil Drosh has elected Maulana Inamul Haq as President (Amir) and Qari Fazal Haq as the general secretary. The electoral college for the election was tehsil general council where more than 120 members participated in voting. The elections were supervised by Nusrat Elahi and Mirza Alam who were discharging

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Student buried under avalanche; DC urged to provide excavator to retrieve body

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

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Water supply to Ayun restored

CHITRAL, April 21: The main irrigation channel of Ayun, which was damaged by flooding about one year back, was reconstructed with funds provided by the SRSP. The Sarhad Rural Support Programme (SRSP) provided about 6.3 million rupees for the restoration of the channel. The damage to the channel in August last year had affected about

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