BANG: About a week after over 10 families were rendered homeless by the flooding Yarkhun river in Pavur village, the PTI chapter of Upper Chitral arranged funds to divert the flow of the river, local people told ChitralToday on Tuesday. Political and social activist Zahir Uddin said due to flooding in a nullah in Dewser […]
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CHITRAL: A public protest was held in Brun village of Bumburate today (Wednesday) against the alleged murder of a girl from the area in Peshawar. The protest call was given by Bumburate village council chairmen Khalilur Rehman. The locals said the girl from Bumburate had married a man belonging to Peshawar in 2016 and was
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Bashir Hussain Azad CHITRAL: While the weather normalized after incessant rains and devastating floods across Chitral on Sunday, reports from the secluded and scenic Golen valley of Lower Chitral showed disturbing scene of destruction to public and private properties. The flash floods have also damaged the diversion structure and power channel of the 108 megawatt
ISLAMABAD: The medical and dental colleges\’ admission test (MDCAT) for the year 2022-23 has been postponed till further orders by the Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC), said a senior official of the federal health ministry here today. MDCAT is held nationally for admission to all medical and dental colleges across the country. This year the test
[Picture of damaged house by Musa Syeed] YARKHUN: A humanitarian crisis is brewing in the remote Yarkhun valley of Upper Chitral with the already poor road and Telenor communication services collapsing in the wake of the incessant rains and floods. Damage to optical fibre cables and power outages have also disrupted internet and telephone services
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Col (r) Ikram Ullah Khan This often-quoted phrase making the title of my write-up refers to the legend of Roman Emperor Nero playing the lyre as Rome burned down. This old English phrase \”Nero fiddles while Rome burns\” perfectly fits into the apathetic and self-serving attitude of our political leadership belonging to both government and
Shikwa zulmat-e-shab se to kahin behtar tha Apne hisse ki koi shama jalate jaate… (Ahmed Faraz). Kaleem Kavish These days, you might be scrolling social media all the time to find something of your interest but end up finding nothing on it but the devastation of flood everywhere. That\’s exactly what has been happening
RESHUN: Rain and flooding in streams and dry nullahs continued across Chitral, adding to the miseries of people and causing more damages to their properties. Bindugol has again flooded and blocked the flow of the river due to which the bridge in front of Shogram is likely to ve affected cutting links between areas on
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BANG: While the whole Chitral is still reeling under the devastation of floods, volunteers in Yarkhun have started reopening the blocked road to the remote valley. The flooding in nullahs and the river Yarkhun has devastated a number of villages and washed away the road, ChitralToday correspondent reported. In order to ensure access to the
PESHAWAR: The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Peshawar announced the results of annual examination for Secondary School Certificate Part-II for the year 2022. Faryal Rashid and Muzna Alam from the science group have secured the overall first position with 1089 marks out of 1100. Maryam Bibi, Mashal Subhan and Syed Hamad Ali Shah
