CHITRAL: Peasant councillor Rahmat Ilahi has demanded ban on premature harvest of chalghuza as detaching of cones from branches of trees destroyed the buds. Talking to mediapersons here on Monday, he said the standard process of harvesting the chalghuza pine nuts was to wait for its ripening within the cones, after which it burst into
By Afzal Ali Shigri The situation is alarming; without adequate water storage, Pakistan will face a serious water emergency by 2025. Dismayed by the nation’s water crisis and inaction by the executive, the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) autonomously launched a campaign to collect funds for the construction of the Diamer-Bhasha dam along the Indus
Review by Dr Inayatullah Faizi Asiatic Angling Adventures, as the title reads, is a book by Fatehul Mulk Ali Nasir. Flap of the book precisely describes the narrative as ‘’a journey across Asia in search of some of the hardest fighting game fish in the world, encompassing wild life photography and a general commentary on
BOONI: As the government launched its Clean and Green Pakistan programme, environment activist Rehmat Ali Jafar Dost said he was considering suing the PTI government for hijacking his environment initiative and its name without consulting and taking him on board. Mr Dost told ChitralToday that for years he had actively been working for preservation of
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CHITRAL: International Day for Disaster Reduction was commemorated by Hashoo Foundation (HF) at its main office in Balach. Sajjad Ahmad, Manager AKRSP, was chief guest while Ghafoor Baig, chairman Citizen Community Development Network, was guest of hour. Muhammad Khalid of HF briefed the participants regarding their work on disaster risk management. He said HF is
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