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Free medical camp held

CHITRAL: A free medical camp was organised in the Ashrait village of southernmost part of Chitral under the aegis of Chitral Task Force. A team of doctors from the task force and civil doctors hired for the facility examined 461 people, including men, women and children, and provided them with free medicines. Commandant of the

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Back to the future

Garam Chashma Diary By Islamuddin It may be a scientific fact or fiction that it takes 12 billion years for one Big Bang to complete its cycle to turn into nebula. It is said that 6 billion years have passed since the last Big Bang but the human component in this cycle runs into minuscule

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Body of markhor retrieved from river

CHITRAL: The body of a Kashmir markhor was retrieved from the Chitral River  morning after it jumped into the waters frightened by stray dogs. Later, its body was stuffed for preservation and for display as a trophy. Divisional forest officer of Chitral Gol National Park, Irshad Ahmed, said that the markhor came down from the

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Transporters fleecing passengers even after opening of Lowari tunnel

CHITRAL: The public transporters continue to fleece the passengers despite the completion of Lowari tunnel, which has cut short the travel duration by half between the Upper Dir and Chitral districts, locals have complained. The tunnel had been inaugurated by then prime minister Nawaz Sharif on August 20, 2017, after which it was opened for

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