CHITRAL: A staff member of the forest department fell from a mountain and landed in a stream and passed away in line of duty on Thursday. Earlier, he was shifted to hospital with broken limbs from Chimarkhon Gol, Rescue 1122 said on Thursday. It said Forester Jamshed Iqbal, son of Muhammad Iqbal, from Chumarkhon Gol, […]
CHITRAL: A resident of Sheikhupura in Punjab province has seized the attention of the local people as he has brought with him four milch camels and their calves to the district. The residents of the district swarm him wherever he goes to sell the fresh milk of camel. The presence of camels in the city
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DROSH: The fire that erupted in the forest of Drosh Gol three days ago was on Wednesday partially extinguished by Rescue 1122 firefighters. Rescue 1122 stated that its personnel reached the forest after walking for four hours and carried out an operation along with staffers from forest department and residents of Biori village. A rain
GARAM CHASHMA: KP Chief minister\’s special assistant Wazirzda MPA welcomed scores of people to the ruling PTI who joined it after saying goodbye to their own parties. The political activists joined the PTI during a visit by Mr Wazirzada to Garam Chashma. Local leaders of the PTI were also present on the occasion. The new
CHITRAL: Teachers of government colleges in Lower and Upper Chitral districts demonstrated outside the press club building here against what they called the government’s decision to privatize their educational institutions. Led by president of the Chitral chapter of the Pakhtunkhwa Lecturers Association Naveed Iqbal and representatives of the College of Management Sciences, the protesters carried
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BUMBURATE: People from the Bumburate, Birir, Rumbur valleys and Ayun held a protest gathering at Broon village against the inordinate delay in start of work on the Kalash valleys road by the government. Addressing the gathering, also participated by women of the area and tourists, speakers came down hard on the PTI government for delaying
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BOONI: CHEPS, a civil society organization working for the protection of environment, has appealed to the citizens to protect and water newly-planted saplings at Qaqlasht and elsewhere in Upper Chitral. The appeal was issued by CHEPS Chairperson Rehmat Ali Jaffardost on Independence Day. Talking to ChitralToday over the phone, he said his organization had been
Manzoor Ali PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cabinet on Friday approved Rs525 million funds for the transportation of the 1.494 million cubic feet illegal timber from Arandu area of Lower Chitral district to Chakdara depot for sale. It met with Chief Minister Mahmood Khan in the chair and was attended by ministers, acting chief secretary and
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CHITRAL: A mock exercise for removing injured from disaster-hit places and giving them first aid was conducted as a measure of disaster risk management for disaster-prone Reshun village in Upper Chitral. The exercise was conducted under UNDP-funded Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF)-II project on the premises of Government High School Reshun. The event attracted a
CHITRAL: A monsoon tree plantation drive has been launched at the University of Chitral. In this regard, a function was held at the auditorium of the university in which teachers, students and officials from the forest department participated. Later, university vice chancellor Dr Zahir Khan opened the drive by planting a sapling on the premises
