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
Picture: dawn.com YARKHUN: In the Yarkhun accident, while the bodies of five of the nine people who died after a taxi vehicle fell into the river early on May 30 are still missing, it has emerged that there were initially three survivors but one of them drowned during a rescue operation by local people. The
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BOONI: The district administration of Upper Chitral has banned night-time public transport movement towards Yarkhun and Laspur valleys. In a statement, the office of the deputy commissioner said the decision was taken in the wake of frequent road accidents and loss of human lives. In the latest such accident, eight of the 10 people travelling
