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Careless road blasting by NHA damages houses; one injured

Fakhr-e-Alam BOONI: At least one person was injured and multiple houses were damaged when large pieces of rocks showered on houses in Booni Lasht village from blasting of a mountain by National Highway Authority across the river during the construction of Chitral-Mastuj road. Panic gripped the residents of Booni Lasht after the blasting was carried […]

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River or graveyard?

Aqibullah, Chitral Whenever I hear news of discovering a dead body from the Chitral River, I cannot help but think about the very first person who had used this blessing of God to kill himself. Chitral River has become a graveyard. In other countries, river water is used for irrigation and many other useful purposes.

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Joint search operation conducted in Drosh subdivision

CHITRAL: Under the prevailing security situation in the country, a joint search and strike operation was conducted in the Drosh subdivision of Lower Chitral, police said on Saturday.  According to a spokesman, the police, Chitral Scouts, Special Branch, Counter-Terrorism Department and the Elite Force took part in the search operation carried out in the Ursoon,

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What to revive?

A.M. Khan The economy of Chitral hinges on mixed prospects, opportunities and potential to cash on for sustainable development. Pinning tourism on natural landscape and relying on few festivities point to the fact that our ecology of tourism landscape is not fully covered in long-term ways and means to sustain and widen this industry. Past

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