Zulfiqar Ahmad ISLAMABAD: In a bizarre incident of its kind in Chitral’s Madaklasht valley, dozens of people were taken hostage and kidnapped by groups of local people and settlers over a dispute pertaining to a land dispute and utilization of a stream for irrigation purposes. Talking to ChitralToday, Sher Ajab Khan, a retired scholar of […]
PESHAWAR: An accountability court here on Friday acquitted five persons of the charge of embezzling Rs76 million of the forest royalty funds in Chitral. Judge Naveed Ahmad Khan ruled that as per the evidence available the accused, including ex-councillor Prince Khalid Pervez, ex-sub-divisional forest officer Gulzarur Rehman and three private persons namely Noor Shahideen, Rehmat
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CHITRAL, Feb 27, 2021: An injured snow leopard was rescued from a nearby mountain by people of Rabat village of Arkari valley on Friday, locals told ChitralToday. The injured wild cat, about four to five years old, had fallen from the mountain and was lying injured when the villagers reached to it. The villagers kept
Gul Hamaad Farooqi CHITRAL: Daimi Begum, a 75-year-old shopkeeper near Bashalini in Karakar village of Kalash valley, used to run a big shop at the local Chowk (roundabout) before the COVID-19 lockdown started in March 2020. However, her business has now shrunk to a small room. She says the pandemic not only damaged her business
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Sirajuddin In the Lot Oveer honour killing case, police have arrested two brothers and a cousin of the girl who was murdered along with a young man for honour in May this year. District Police Officer (DPO) Upper Chitral Zulfiqar Ahmed Tanoli confirmed the arrests to ChitralToday on phone from Booni. The DPO said suspects
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