PESHAWAR: Taking notice of the rising infant mortality rate in Upper Chitral district, Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has directed the health department for immediate steps to address the issue of deficiency of healthcare practitioners including lady doctors and skilled lady health visitors (LHVs) in the health service delivery outlets of the district. He has also […]
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CHITRAL: As many as 16 tourists belonging to Gujrat sustained injuries when a vagon they were travelling in to Chitral met with an accident at Ashiret on Sunday. The tourists belonged to same family and four men, three women and nine children were injured. The accident occurred due to a brake failure. Rescue 1122 said
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CHITRAL: Two persons were injured when a truck fell into the roadside agricultural field near WAPDA Colony in Koghuzi on Friday. Rescue 1122 said the goods truck was going to Upper Chitral when it met with the accident due to brake failure. The injured driver and his helper, who belong to Upper Dir, were shifted
RESHUN: The residents of Reshun village, whose land was acquired by the National Highway Authority (NHA) for construction of a diversion for the Chitral-Booni Road, have demanded payment of compensation. Amirullah Khan, a former member of the district council from the area, told reporters on Monday that after erosion of the Chitral-Booni Road in June,
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Javed Khan BOONI: A ladies sewing and embroidery training centre and scores of shops in Booni were gutted in a fire early this morning, locals told ChitralToday. The cause of the fire is being stated as an electric short circuiting. The market located at Rahochinar had tailoring shops for ladies set up by Al- Hunar
BOONI: The dilapidated condition of a pedestrian bridge over Yarkhun river has put the lives of the locals at risk. Talking to ChitralToday on phone, residents of the area said the bridge connects Sholkoch and Wasum villages. It has been in poor condition for years putting lives of the pedestrians in danger. They called upon
CHITRAL: The residents of Ayun and Kalash valleys of Bumburate, Rumbur and Birir took out a protest rally against the inordinate delay in starting of work on expansion of a key road. The rally later converted into a public meeting. Addressing the protesters in Ayun, the local leaders gave the government a month to start
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CHITRAL: The dead body of a woman, who reportedly committed suicide by jumping into the river in Torkhow on Friday, was recovered on Sunday. Rescue 1122 said the woman, Asifa Bibi, wife of Syed Karim Shah, was mentally disturbed and committed suicide. Staff of Rescue 1122 reached Torkhow from Lower Chitral and recovered the woman\’s
RESHUN: Four persons, including a woman and a child, lost their life and several others sustained injuries when a coaster coming from Peshawar fell into a ravine in north of Reshun today. The driver of the vehicle belonging to Junalikoch is among the dead in the accident that occurred at Domun Gol. Names of the
CHITRAL: The dead body of an unidentified man was recovered from riverside in Shoghore on Friday. Rescue 1122 shifted the body to the District Headquarters Hospital Chitral, with police trying to identify the deceased and trace his heirs.
