By Zulfiqar Ahmad ISLAMABAD, Aug 17: Police have arrested a Chitrali man on the suspicion of killing a Pashtoon grocery store owner who went missing about a month ago from the Chitral town. Syed Karim, a resident of Dir, was running a grocery store in the Chitral town and had purchased a piece of land […]
BOONI, Aug 16: While the army managed to restore traffic on Chitral-Mastuj road at Kuragh on Aug 15, people of the Yarkhun valley are still stranded in their villages due to the damaged road at Brep. In the meanwhile, roads and bridges connecting a number of villages in the flood-devastated Mulkhow valley are yet to
CHITRAL, Aug 16: Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) Chitral leader Irshad Javed Advocate has called upon Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to provide quality education to the people of Chitral so that the backward valley can also be brought a par with the developed areas of the country. In a statement, Mr Irshad Javed said that a
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BOONI, Aug 15: The army repaired the Chitral-Mastuj road near Kuragh and opened it for light traffic on Saturday. The road was damaged on July 17, cutting off the whole upper Chitral with the rest of the district. The people of upper Chitral faced immense hardship while reaching their destinations. The passengers, including women and
Report Sultan Mehmood CHITRAL, Aug 2: Volunteers from FOCUS Search and Rescue Team (SART), Disaster Assessment Response Team (DART) and Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) continue relief operations in the flood-affected areas of Chitral. According to latest figures, the floods have totally damaged 1037 houses – 575 totally and partially 462 partially – in various
Report SN Peerzada BOONI, July 29: The glaciers in Chitral have become a perpetual threat to human lives and settlements in the rugged valley, especially in the wake of the climatic changes around the globe. “For the past 10 years, climate change induced disasters have taken momentum in the valley, particularly the floods caused by
Alhaj Muhammad Khan & S.N. Peerzada CHARUN/BOONI, July 24: The death toll from the flash floods that hit Mulkhow villages has increased to 22 people, a senior district governmet official in Chitral confirmed. He said 10 villages in the area had been washed away and tents were being arranged for the displaced people. The whole
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CHITRAL: Projects launched in phases in Chitral minimized the losses from glacial outburst floods recently recorded in Bindu Gol etc. The damages to means of livelihood, including agricultural lands and orchards, were beyond calculation. Pakistan GLOF Project, one of the initiatives to create awareness and prepare the communities against the floods, has been working in
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CHITRAL: Floods have devastated villages in the Kosht valley of Upper Chitral. Though there was no human casualties, the total loss in terms of agriculture and infrastructure is estimated at around 10 millions rupees. Ripe crops of wheat, vegetables, fruit and forests were drifted away. The cultivable land turned into barren in a flash. Hundreds
Report Alhaj Muhammad Khan CHITRAL, July 22: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif here announced Rs500 million for the ongoing relief work in the flood-affected areas of Chitral. During a meeting at the Chitral Scouts headquarters, he said the owners of completely damaged houses would be paid Rs0.5 million (five lacs) each while monetary assistance for those
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