Chitral News

Chitral, Feb 13, 2026: A gas leak in the village of Seen, Lower Chitral, claimed the lives of Maulana Ubaidullah, the imam of Jamia Masjid Seen Lalmi, his wife and their one-year-old child. The family had lit a gas cylinder to stay warm during the severe cold and went to sleep; they were found dead

Chitral, Feb 12, 2026: A leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) was rescued from Broze Village in Lower Chitral, officials confirmed on Thursday. Chitral, Feb 12, 2026: A leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) was rescued from Broze Village in Lower Chitral after local residents safely captured the animal and handed it over to officials of the Wildlife Department.

Bashir Hussain Azad | Chitral Today Chitral, Feb 12, 2026: The district judiciary of Lower Chitral has launched three major projects aimed to improve judicial efficiency. District and Sessions Judge Lower Chitral Shehnaz Hameed Khattak inaugurated the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Centre, District Malkhana and a six-KV solar system for the district bar in a

Chitral, Feb 12, 2026: A fire broke out late last night at Agha Jan Hotel located in the market near Shahi Mosque in Chitral Town. Rescue 1122 received information about the incident and immediately dispatched fire fighters along with fire vehicles to the scene. According to Rescue 1122 officials, the firefighting operation continued for about

Muhkam Uddin Chitral, Feb 10, 2026: The e-stamp system, introduced by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government to simplify public access to legal documentation, has instead become a significant source of hardship and frustration for the residents of Chitral. In the district, the authority to issue stamp papers has been granted exclusively to the Chitral Town branch

Application for FIR withdrawn by trader union president of Chitral Bazar after PTI leaders apologized to him for party workers’s bid to shut his shop forcibly. Bashir Hussain Azad | Chitral Today Chitral, Feb 8, 2026: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Tehreek Tahafuz Ayeen-e-Pakistan (TTAP) observed a shutterdown strike and protest rallies in Khyber Pakthunkhwa against

Khairuddin Shadani | Chitral Today CHITRAL, Feb 8, 2026: The remote village of Roi in Lotkoh valley of Chitral is facing a severe drinking water crisis, with its around 1,500 residents deprived of safe and clean water. The village comprises 128 households and hosts important educational institutions, including an Aga Khan Education Services secondary school

Peshawar, Feb 8, 2026: The government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has filed a Federal Constitutional Petition for Leave to Appeal (FCPLA) before the Federal Constitutional Court (FCC), challenging a judgment of the Peshawar High Court (PHC) in the long-running Chitral land settlement dispute. In its judgment dated 24 November 2025, authored by Justice Wiqar Ahmad, the

Chitral, Feb 7, 2026: The Traders’ Union of Chitral Bazar has announced that there will be no shutdown strike in the market tomorrow, February 8. This announcement comes in the wake of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) declaring a nationwide shutterdown protest on the same day, alleging that the general elections held on February 8, 2024,