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Emergency imposed; floods leave unprecedented destruction across Chitral

July 23, 2023

Traffic restored through alternate routes at Kari, Mroi and Koghuzi; work underway at Nerdeth where it is opened for pedestrians only. KP govt releases Rs20 million each to Lower and Upper Chitral districts; emergency imposed till Aug 15. River erosion creates breach on side of Mastuj bridge. Shehzad Hussain, an official of Pakistan Army, fell […]

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Floods block Chitral-Mastuj road at three points

July 22, 2023

CHITRAL: Flooding in rivers and streams has blocked the main road connecting Lower and Upper Chitral at different points. According to the office of the deputy commissioner Chitral Lower, the Chitral-Booni road is blocked at Kari, Koghuzi and Nerdat Gol. Overnight rain and floods damaged bridges at these points and the road was blocked for

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Man searching for firewood in flooding river saved from drowning

July 22, 2023

CHITRAL: While rivers and streams are in a very high flood across Chitral, a man set out to collect firewood from the waters and got stuck in the middle of River Chitral in front of Ayun. After being alerted by onlookers, Rescue 1122 Lower Chitral reached the spot and save the man from drowning. Rescue

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An unsolicited labour court verdict

July 21, 2023

CHITRAL: The labour court held a camp court in Chitral on July 21, in which it fined employers for allegedly paying ‘insufficient’ wages to the employees. When Chitral News approached the affected employers and interviewed the employees belonging to hotels, restaurants, shops, petrol pumps etc, both sides said none of them had lodged any complaint

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Flash flood devastates Meragram village of Yarkhun

July 21, 2023

MERAGRAM (YARKHUN): At about 5am on Friday, a flash flood in a dry nullah wiped out almost half of the Meragram No 2 village. However, fortunately, the local people managed to fee to safety. When the flood in Darkot Gol struck the village, there was no rain but the locals suspected cloudburst or lightning over

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