BOONI: Female teachers of 30 basic education community schools in Upper Chitral again held a protest against non-payment of salaries for the last 16 months. The protrsters were accompanied by their children and carrying placards and chanting slogans. It may be noted that these teachers have frequently been holding protests for many years but their […]
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CHITRAL: The lumpy skin disease (LSD) is increasing in different parts of Chitral due to unavailability of the required vaccine, creating apprehensions among farmers, farmers told ChitralToday. The LSD virus, caused by the Capripoxvirus, is an emerging threat to livestock worldwide. It is genetically related to the goatpox and sheeppox virus family. It is primarily
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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Friday highlighted the devastation Pakistan has witnessed due to the recent catastrophic floods and called for “building a wall” against the menace of climate change, reports Dawn.com. “I have never before seen this kind of devastation,” the prime minister said, as he addressed the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s (SCO) Council
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GILGIT: Officials from Gilgit-Baltistan have warned of a growing food shortage in the region as heavy traffic remains suspended on Karakoram Highway (KKH) in the wake of flooding across the country. Flash floods, which have killed nearly 1,500 people and displaced more than 33 million in Pakistan, had damaged the KKH at Kohistan on Aug
Zar Alam Khan While the long snowy winter is around the corner in Upper Chitral, families displaced by floods in remote Yarkhun valley are struggling with shortage of food and absence of shelter as help is not reaching them due to accessibility issues. The floods washed away 74 houses in three villages of Yarkhun and
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