CHITRAL, Aug 8, 2025: A group of 16 women trekkers from Chitral, Kalash Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Balochistan, Islamabad, and other cities has set off for Terichmir base camp. The team includes three women from Chitral, including one from the Kalash community. Four women represent Gilgit-Baltistan. Thirty-five local porters and three local guides are also part of […]
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Bannu — A drone struck a Frontier Corps (FC) checkpost in Takhti Khel, Bannu. The attack killed one FC officer and injured three others. District Police Officer (DPO) Saleem Abbas Kalachi said a quadcopter drone carried out the attack in the Baka Khel area. The injured officers were rushed to the hospital. After the attack,
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Gilgit, Aug 8 — Floods and landslides have blocked the Gilgit–Shandur Road for more than a week, cutting off remote valleys from the rest of the region. Flash floods between Phandar and Teru washed away several road sections. Swollen streams burst their banks after days of heavy rain. Hundreds of residents and tourists remain stranded.
BUMBURET: MPA and DDAC Chairman Mehtar Fatehul Mulk Ali Nasir visited Pehlawandeh, Shekhanandeh and Batirk villages in Bumburet Valley. Residents listed urgent problems: lack of healthcare, poor education facilities, broken roads, incomplete water channels, no protective walls, and shortage of clean drinking water. They said these issues have persisted for years and hurt daily life
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PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has handed over the camping pods in Bumburet to the Kalash Valleys Development Authority (KVDA). Tourists can now book stays in the pods under a locally managed business model that benefits both visitors and the local community. Officials signed a government-to-government (G2G) memorandum of understanding (MoU) at the Secretary Tourism’s
