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
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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CHITRAL, April 23: The members and activists of a civil society organization in Ayun observed a token hunger strike against cutting of forests in Chitral. The Tahafuzi Haqooq-e-Jangalat Ayun urged the district administration as well as the provincial government to impose a ban on the cutting of forest. Talking to this scribe, they said Chitral
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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
CHITRAL, March 24: About 15 children are reported to have died of pneumonia in the Khot village of Torkhow tehsil in upper Chitral. District Health Officer (DHO) Chitral Dr Israrullah while talking to this correspondent confirmed that the 15 children had died in February and March of pneumonia. The temperatures in the area hovered around
