MASTUJ: The road from Mastuj to Laspur valley is again blocked due to an avalanche at Shaidas, cutting off the link of the area with the rest of Chital. For the last over a month, this only road to the far-off valley has been closed on a number of times due to falling of boulders […]
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DROSH: At least five shops were gutted and two others partially damaged when a fire broke out in Drosh bazar in front of Jamia Masjid Bilal on Monday night. Goods worth millions of rupees were lost in the fire the cause of which was suspected to be short circuiting. The shops included Siraj Medical
BOONI: Despite biting cold weather, people of upper Chitral held a huge protest gathering in Booni today against the unending power crisis in their area even after the commissioning of the Golen Gol hydro power station. The participants of the public meeting organized under the aegis of Tehreek-Haqooq Awam gave the government Feb 12 deadline
CHITRAL: The delayed polio campaign got underway in 10 union councils of Chitral on Sunday with officials and workers visiting houses even in remote and snow-capped villages. The drive in other 14 UCs would be started at a later stage when the weather improves and accessibility becomes possible. The drive in the 10 UCs, including
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CHITRAL: Power supply to Chitral from the Golen Gol hydropower station resumed on Friday afternoon following a break of three days when the software governing its operation system developed a fault. The hydropower station’s project manager Engr Javed Afridi told Dawn that there were two alternatives to restart the operations, either to provide power supply
