AYUN: The year\’s last festival of the Kalash tribe of Chitral got underway in the three valleys of Buburate, Birir and Rumbur. It will continue till 22nd of this month. The main function to launch the winter festival of Chitramas or Choumos was held at the newly-constructed dancing hall in the village of Blangoro in […]
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CHITRAL: People belonging to Torkhow valley on Tuesday condemned PTI government\’s biased attitude towards Chitral and for not resolving public issues, including the construction of a damaged bridge that has cut off their area from other parts of Chitral for the last nine months. Speaking at a press conference under the banner of Chitral Development
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CHITRAL: The victims of the PIA plane crash were remembered on the fourth anniversary of the incident here on Monday. On Dec 7, 2016, PK-661 crashed near Havelian while going to Islamabad from Chitral, killing all the 47 people, including the crew, on board. The victims included then deputy commissioner of Chitral Osama Ahmad Waraich
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CHITRAL: Speakers at different workshops here said that devastations of glacial lake outburst flood (Glof) could be mitigated by preparedness of the local community on scientific lines and making them resilient. The workshops were held separately for the sub-valleys of Arkari and Madak Lusht on ‘resilience against the glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) threats’ by
Azal Zahir I have never seen it rain like this, at this time of year,” Masoodul Mulk, one of the descendants of the last Mehtar (prince) of Chitral and development practitioner now heading the Sarhad Rural Support Programme (SRSP), had told me in September. It had rained consistently on the first two days of September
