BOONI: The district administration of Upper Chitral continued a crackdown on public transport vehicles involved in overloading on routes to remote areas such as Yarkhun, Laspur, and Torkhow. The crackdown was launched soon after a taxi land cruiser fell unto a river in front of Unauch village while travelling to upper Yarkhun from Chitral town […]
PESHAWAR: Political leaders, members of civil society and journalists on Thursday urged the government to take prompt steps for controlling widespread soil erosion and protection of houses and land and imminent road destruction being caused by the wearing away of river banks at Reshun village in Upper Chitral district The demand was made at a
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CHITRAL: Search for the recovery of the dead bodies of Yarkhun accident victims continued on the fifth consecutive day but without any success. Nine people lost their lives when a taxi land cruiser fell off a bridge into the river in front of Unauch village in Yarkhun early on May 30. One dead body was
AWI (UPPER CHITRAL): The residents of Awi have demanded that Aga Khan Rural Support Program (AKRSP) should pay them wages for the labour they rendered in the establishment of a government-funded powerhouse at Mem Gol that failed to achieve the target of electricity generation. At a meeting chaired by former district health officer (DHO) Dr
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(Picture released by DC office). BANG (YARKHUN): Soon after the fatal accident in Unauch village of Yarkhun which left nine people, including two women, dead on the night of may 30, the district administration of Upper Chitral issued an order banning night-time public transport to all remote areas. The deputy commissioner office blamed drivers of
