PESHAWAR (APP): District Coordinator Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) Dr. Wali Khan on Tuesday said the number of people affected by chickenpox disease had crossed the 100 figure in Upper Chitral. He said that in Laspur valley, 34 schoolchildren, including the headmistress of Government Girls Middle School Harchin, were found to be affected by chickenpox. […]
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CHITRAL: The three-day Broghil festival concluded at an altitude of 13,500 feet in Upper Chitral district on Monday. The district administration had organised the festival, which featured games of yak, horse and donkey polo, Buzkashi, horse and yak races, horse and cattle show, exhibition of cuisine and handicraft of Wakhi culture and Wakhi musical concerts.
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CHITRAL: After Laspur valley, the contagious disease of chickenpox has spread to two more villages Brep in Yarkhoon valley and Booni town in Upper Chitral while four more children have shown the symptoms of the illness in Harchin village of Laspur. The district coordinator of expanded programme on immunisation (EPI), Dr Wali Khan, said during
Fakhr-e-Alam BOONI: At least one person was injured and multiple houses were damaged when large pieces of rocks showered on houses in Booni Lasht village from blasting of a mountain by National Highway Authority across the river during the construction of Chitral-Mastuj road. Panic gripped the residents of Booni Lasht after the blasting was carried
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CHITRAL: Another dead body has been recovered from River Chitral by Rescue 1122, Lower Chitral. The emergency service said on Sunday that its staff recovered the dead body of an unidentified woman from the river at Chilim Lasht area of Ayun. The body has been shifted to the District Headquarters Hospital for identification and legal
