CHITRAL: The road between Chitral and the down districts was on Sunday evening blocked after torrential rain triggered flash flooding in nullahs at Ashiret and other parts of the Lowari area. According to the Lower Chitral police, the area police under the supervision of SHO Ashiret Qurban Panah was trying to help out passengers stranded
GILGIT: At least five people were killed and 13 others were injured on Sunday when a bus carrying tourists plunged into a ravine on the Karakoram Highway near the Thalichi area in Gilgit-Baltistan’s Diamer district, police said. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Muhammad Ayaz confirmed the death toll and the number of injured, adding that
CHITRAL: A truck was impounded and its driver arrested after the vehicle was caught trying to smuggle deodar timber out of Chitral, the forest division said on Saturday. A statement said staffers of the forest department and Chitral Levies stopped the truck at the Baradam joint check post and found it carrying illegal deodar
BOONI: Three persons, including a woman, lost their lives and two others were critically injured in a road traffic accident near Parwak on Saturday. According to Rescue 1122 Upper Chitral, a Potahar jeep was going to Ghoru village near Parkusap from Booni carrying five people when the accident occurred at Ruroom. Three persons died on
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BOONI: Unnecessary security checks and VIP culture are not only costing the cash-starved government millions of rupees ever year but also dampening the enthusiasm of the public to participate in the annual polo Shandur festival. The annual Shandur polo festival is held from July 7 to July 9. But with each passing year, the local
