PESHAWAR, June 1: Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral will get separate weather warning stations along with threat detection centres to attend to the risks associated with two potentially hazardous glacial lakes, say official sources. According to these sources, the two technical facilities will be set up in Bagrot valley in Gilgit-Baltistan and Drongagh in Chitral, where, according […]
CHITRAL, June 1: Residents of Kalash valleys of Bumburate, Birir and Rumbur have demanded of the government to lift ban on transportation of timber of fallen and dead trees to market. Speaking at a press conference here on Friday, the Kalash represented by Ubaidur Rahman, Unnat Baig, Bahram Shah and others said that different parts
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CHITRAL, May 28: Minister for Population Welfare Saleem Khan here on Monday came hard on the the faulty survey conducted for the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) which deprived the poor and the destitute of their right to financial assistance and listed hundreds of undeserving families having right connections to be the beneficiaries. Speaking at a
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CHITRAL: Non-payment of salaries to sanitation staff of Chitral has been criticized by PTI leaders. Addressing a press conference at the hunger strike camp of the TMA staff established in the Secretariat Road here on Monday, PTI leader Abdul Latif and others said on the one hand the rulers are rolling in luxuries but on
Report Waqar Ahmad CHITRAL, May 25: The people of Chitral added a new chapter to the history of the valley when they attended a colourful ceremony held at the historical Chitral Fort in connection with the crowning of the new Mehtar Shahzada Fatehul Mulk Ali Nasir on Thursday. The ceremony was attended by more than
By Inayatullah Aseer The Chitral-Garum Chashma-Eshkashim highway project is crucial for economic development of Pakistan and the whole region. After completion of the Lowari Tunnel mega project, there is no reason to delay this important project anymore. A road from Kabul to China through the Pamir Range was completed within just two years after being
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BOONI: Two students lost their lives when a landslide buried them here today. Two students killed. According to the Booni police, the students were playing cricket near a nulla when the landslide fell upon them. Those who lost their lives in the incident were identified as Sadam Hussain, son of Kiramat, a student of 8th
BOONI: Chitral Environment and Heritage Protection Society chief Rehmat Ali Jaffar said students can be an agent of change after their teachers. He said Chitral and its environment was very much conducive in terms of its balanced forests. The data dating back to 1930, he added, showed that Chitral had a 35% forest cover which
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CHITRAL: Jashn-i-Nauruz’ was celebrated at Pamir Riverside Inn with Mehtar of Chitral Fatehul Mulk Nasir as the chief guest. The event was marked by participation of people belonging to various walks of life. The celebration was aimed at wiping out the misconception that Nauruz belonged to a particular area or community of people. Rahmat Ali
