ISLAMABAD: Abdul Akram has been appointed as the new assistant commissioner (AC) headquarters Chitral after beating four other potential contenders of provincial management service (PMS) who were also in the run for the slot. Besides, Syed Mazhar Ali Shah was appointed district monitoring officer (DMO) of independent monitoring unit (IMU) to oversee the performance of
CHITRAL: Army helicopters airlifted people stranded in different areas who needed urgent arrival in their homes. The body of Chitral Scouts sepoy Irshadul Haq was taken to his native village of Shagram and buried with full military honour. He died after a Chitral Scouts post was hit by an avalanche in Damel on Sunday. The
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CHITRAL: Over 14 people, including six children, are reported dead as an avalanche buried scores of houses in the Shershal village of Karimabad valley on Saturday night. Chitral Scouts Commandant Col Nizamuddin Shah told media that bodies of the 14 people had been recovered. At least 25 houses have been buried under the avalanche and
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Chitral, Oct 18, 2026: Speakers at a workshop here said that rampant deforestation was not only creating flooding threat in Chitral but also displacing wildlife. The workshop was arranged under the strengthening of conservation and development of wildlife resources. Divisional Forest Officer Wildlife Chitral Imtiaz Hussain Lal was chief guest while the workshop was presided
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PESHAWAR: After more than a year, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to restore the flood-damaged Reshun hydropower station of 4.2 MW as well as complete the ongoing power projects at the earliest in Chitral. The decision to this effect was taken in a high level meeting of Technical Committee, PEDO held under the chairmanship
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