CHITRAL: The district police officers of both Lower and Upper Chitral have been transferred and replaced with new ones. According to a notification issued by the inspector general of the police, Khyber Pakthunkhwa, Ikram Ullah, a grade 18 officer of the Police Service of Pakistan (PSP) has been appointed as the DPO of Lower Chitral. […]
Kamal A. Jamil DROSH: The dead bodies of two persons believed to have been murdered over a land dispute were recovered from a forest at Kaldam Gol in Drosh on Wednesday. The victims belonged to Shahnigar area of Drosh. They have been identified as Ashraf Nabi, son of Gul Nayab, and Ihsanuddin, son of Nehrabuddin.
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CHITRAL: Tour operators, tour guides and hoteliers have urged the government to facilitate tourists coming for the religious festival of Uchal in Kalash Valley instead of harassing them at the checkpoints in Chitral. The Uchal festival of Kalash tribes concluded in Bumburate with the participants indulging in merry-making by dancing and singing. Talking to the
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BATTAGRAM: All the eight persons, including sic students, trapped on a chairlift in Battagram area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa since 7am on Tuesday were rescued safely before midnight. Rescue 1122 spokesman Bilal Faizi confirmed that the stranded people, including six schoolchildren, had been rescued and brought down to safety at about 11pm. The incident had occurred
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CHITRAL: Mining activities being undertaken in the Nerdat Gol community conserved area near Chitral city have endangered the population of some rich species of wildlife, including snow leopard and Kashmir Markhor. The local community members have expressed their reservations over the grant of lease by the mineral development department to an investor for mining of
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