BOONI: A bridge connecting Zupu, Wasum and other villages on right bank of River Yarkhun with other parts of Yarkhun was washed away by recent floods. The district administration of Upper Chitral installed a chairlift over the river to the residents.
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Just a few days before his 128th birthday, Jose Paulino Gomes, who was believed to be the oldest man in the world, passed away in his home in Corrego do Cafe, Brazil, at the extraordinary age of 127, leaving behind a legacy that stretched more than a century. Jose, according to his 1917 marriage certificate,
Gul Hamaad Farooqi CHITRAL: The devastating floods of July 22 have changed the map of Chitral. The intensity of the torrents was so high that the water flowed five feet above the river level which resulted in the loss of surrounding houses, shops, markets, workshops, standing crops, under cultivation land, orchards and fields. Due to
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CHITRAL: Two Japanese mountaineers scaled Terich Mir, the highest peak of Hindu Kush mountain range, on July 23 (Sunday). Kenro Nakajima, 38, and Kazuya Hiraide, 44, both photographers by profession, told Dawn that after their failed attempt in 2019 to scale the peak, they had committed to accomplishing the feat at any cost, and they
BOONI: A Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) activist from Kuragh died in a road traffic accident at Charun, Upper Chitral, late on Sunday. According to locals, Hassan Ali, former president of PTI youth wing Mastuj, was traveling in a Mazda when it fell into the river after hitting a bike head-on. Four persons were onboard the Datsun
