At least six people were killed and seven others injured when unidentified assailants opened fire on a passenger vehicle in Gilgit-Baltistan\’s Naltar valley on Thursday, dawn.com reported. According to police, a van carrying 18 local passengers including women was on its way to Naltar from Gilgit town. At about 3pm, unidentified gunmen opened fire on […]
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AYUN: The rain and snowfall that started on Monday continued on Tuesday across Chitral, blocking roads to different parts of the two districts. Moreover, two houses were also damaged in Garam Chashma valley due to the heavy rain and snowfall. The houses belonged to Sher Afzal in Ucho Gol and Mrs Bibi, daughter of Mirza
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KHUZ (UPPER CHITRAL): People of Khuz and Dewangol at a meeting reiterated their longstanding demand for the construction of a bridge over the Yarkhun river to link their area with other parts of Upper Chitral. The villages of Khuz lower, Khuz upper and Dewangol, consisting of over 300 houses, are located on the right bank
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PESHAWAR: An accountability court here on Friday acquitted five persons of the charge of embezzling Rs76 million of the forest royalty funds in Chitral. Judge Naveed Ahmad Khan ruled that as per the evidence available the accused, including ex-councillor Prince Khalid Pervez, ex-sub-divisional forest officer Gulzarur Rehman and three private persons namely Noor Shahideen, Rehmat
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CHITRAL: An avalanche hit Washich village in Torkhow valley of Upper Chitral the other night after rain lashed the pasture for three days which caused the huge mass of snow to erode downward. However, there was no casualty. Qazi Inayat, a villager, told this correspondent by phone that the avalanche passed through the deep stream
