CHITRAL, Jan 28: It is another daylight robbery on the precious wildlife of Chitral. Poachers again hunt down and then hide the carcass of a Kashmir Markhor in the heavily guarded Chitral National Park sparking a number of questions about the conservation of the endangered species. Chitral police sources told this correspondent that on the […]
Zulfiqar Ahmad ISLAMABAD, Jan 26: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chitral has said a petition filed with the Supreme Court of Pakistan by one of its leaders seeking re-election in the whole constituency of (PK-90) Upper Chitral will be taken up for formal hearing very soon. Talking to ChitralToday on phone, PTI district president Abdul Lateef Advocate claimed
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BREP, Jan 21: Though people of Upper Chitral have for long started a movement against rampant corruption in government departments, the food department of Chitral has broken all record of irregularities and robbery on the citizens’ rights in the valley of Yarkhun. If even half of the allegations levelled against the food department Chitral by
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PESHAWAR, Jan 20: The KPK assembly on Monday unanimously passed a resolution for the daily eight-hour opening of the under-construction Lowari tunnel to facilitate the people of the landlocked valley in the winter season. The resolution was moved by MPA Saleem Khan from lower Chitral (PK-90) and seconded by members from different political parties, including
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ISLAMABAD, Jan 18: The National Highway Authority (NHA) has flatly refused to allow the Chitral-bound trucks stranded at Dir side to cross the Lowari tunnel, terming the demand a conspiracy of the timber, mineral, grain and oil mafias. “There is absolutely no problem for the poor people of Chitral and the problem is of the
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ISLAMABAD: MNA Shahzada Iftikharuddin here lambasted the government for its callous attitude towards resolution of communication issues being faced by the people of Chitral. The MBA of All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) was speaking at a crowded press conference along with notables of Chitral at National Press Club Islamabad on Thursday. MNA Iftikhar accused the
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CHITRAL, Jan 6: Two hunters from Peshawar hunted one Himalayan ibex each at Agram Gol conservancy of Arkari valley as a part of trophy hunting on Monday. Irshad Ahmed, an official of the wildlife department, said Fahad Wazir hunted a 45-inch ibex while Mohammad Usman hunted a 40-inch ibex. Both the animals were aged between
ISLAMABAD, Jan 5: Highly frustrated over the government’s apathy towards the suffering of the people of Chitral, MNA Iftikharuddin has threatened that if the government continued ignoring the area the Chitralis would have no other option but to break away from Pakistan and join the neighbouring Afghanistan with which the valley is connected through all-weather
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CHITRAL, Dec 23: For the last many years, brutal deforestation and ruthless cutting of green deodar trees continue in Chitral. The timber mafia is so strong in Chitral that ordinary community members are completely helpless before them because the mafia has strong nexus with government department. The forest department’s primary role is protection of forests
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CHITRAL: The incomplete bypass road in Chitral is being used by taxi drivers, pushcart vendors and other encroachers as the contractors have disappeared from the site without completing the work due to shortage of funds. About four years back, the then chief minister KPK Ameer Haider Khan Hoti had inaugurated the work on the construction
