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Chitral\’s environment issues taken up with Senate body

ISLAMABAD: Chitral\’s environmental issues were here taken up with a Senate committee civil society activists. A group briefed the Senate Committee on Climate Change, which is headed by Senator Dr. Saeeda Iqbal, about the environmental issues faced by Chitral with special focus on deforestation of local forest and recent illegal shooting of Markhor in conservancy […]

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Probe ordered into poaching of markhor

ISLAMABAD, Feb 20: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Wildlife Department has swung into action over illegal hunting of markhor at Chitral Gol National Park [Birmoglasht] and ordered a thorough probe into the incident. The authorities have taken serious notice of media reports that poaching of markhor in connivance with local wildlife officials is rampantly going on in Chitral, posing serious

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Building guidelines to reduce disaster risks

Gilgit-Baltistan Ministers for planning and Works Raja Azam and KPK Minister for population welfare Salim Khan represented their respective  governments. Representatives from donor agencies including the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Global Environment Facility (GEF), Ministry of Climate Change, Government of Pakistan, Academia, AKDN sister agencies and various public sector institutions and development agencies

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Drosh residents oppose cable network

CHITRAL, Jan 21: The residents of Drosh are against cable TV network because it is disturbing the peaceful environment of the area and spreading obscenity there. This was stated by Qari Inamullah and other representatives of religious leaders and notables of Drosh at a press conference here.They rejected the allegations of the cable operators that

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