Sher Afgan RESHUN: After completely washing away the Chitral-Mastuj road near Reshun, the river has started eroding houses in the south of Reshun village. ChitralToday correspondent reported from the site that the river fully destroyed eight and partially damaged three houses on Saturday. The affected people included Hayatur Rehman, Khursheedur Rehman, Niat Rehan, Muhammad Ali, […]
BOONI: Upper Chitral cut off. Lower and Upper Chitral disconnected from each other after the only road crumbled to river erosion in the south of Reshun on Friday night. Hundreds of vehicles going towards the down country were stranded at Reshun on Saturday morning. The erosion of the road has also cut off link between
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A M Khan News about a land dispute between locals of Madaklasht and Pashtun settlers, said to be from Dir, triggered tension in the area. The dispute involved a pasture land in Banda, Madaklasht, Lower Chitral, and a stream flowing from it. According to the provisional summary result of 6th population and housing census 2017,
MINGORA: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Friday issued a stay order restraining further construction work on the five-star Beejan Hotel on a disputed land in Chitral. A single bench, comprising Justice Wiqar Ahmed, heard petitioners in civil revision case titled Shahzada Colonel Sharifuddin and others vs the settlement officer of Chitral and others and
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Zulfiqar Ahmad ISLAMABAD: The residents of Madaklasht on Thursday accused the Drosh police of siding with a group of settlers despite the latter\’s attack on the local community which left four people injured on Wednesday evening. Talking to ChitralToday over the phone, their representatives on condition of anonimity said Zaram Khan along with four of his
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BOONI: A 17-year-old boy ended his life by jumping into the river in Sonoghur village on Wednesday evening, local people told ChitralToday. They identified the victim as Amir Hussain, son of Afzal. They said the boy committed suicide after being scolded by his stepmother over a petty issue. The boy\’s own mother had also committed
CHITRAL: Two days after some residents of Sheikhandeh in Rumbur alleged illegal cutting of trees and misuse of forest royalty, a group from the same area declared them \’miscreants\’ and alleged that they were trying to create unrest among the local residents. Speaking at a press conference, former district council member Saifullah Kalash, retired Subedar
Afzal Wali Badakhsh BOONI: Under the banner of Chitral Heritage and Environment Protection Society (CHEPS), the World Environment Day was celebrated in Booni, Upper Chitral, with a walk participated by around 35 people, mostly students. The walk started from DC House and ended at the District Headquarter Hospital Booni. Masks were distributed among the participants.
CHITRAL: Residents of Rumbur in Kalash valley on Sunday demanded an investigation into cutting of green trees in Compartment No one and other areas of Rumbur. Addressing a press conference in Chitral, Abdulr Saboor Qureshi, Mehrab Uddin, Haji Ghulam Rasul, Sharif Ullah, saifullah Jan, Noor Wali Khan and others said that thousands of trees had
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CHITRAL: A primary school teacher in Shishi Koh valley was on Saturday suspended after a case was registered against him for beating a class 1 student. \”As reported by SDEO (male) Drosh, Mr Hamidul Hassan, PST, GMS Purgal, Shishi Koh, is hereby suspended due to giving corporal punishment to a student with immediate effect till
