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
BOONI: As a part of the Ismaili Muslim community\’s global CIVIC initiative, the volunteers and Imamat organizations launched a cleanliness campaign in Booni in connection with the World Environment Day on May 5 (Saturday). Under the Ismaili CIVIC, the Shia Ismaili Muslim community around the world has united to serve humanity by rendering service to
AWI: People of Awi, Meragram No 1 and Sonoghur have welcomed the allocation of Rs19 million for the construction and widening of the road from Booni to these villages, a participant told ChitralToday. At a meeting held here, the local people said by allocating the fund, MPA Hidayatur Rehman had fulfilled the long-standing demand of
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BOONI: The district administration of Upper Chitral continued a crackdown on public transport vehicles involved in overloading on routes to remote areas such as Yarkhun, Laspur, and Torkhow. The crackdown was launched soon after a taxi land cruiser fell unto a river in front of Unauch village while travelling to upper Yarkhun from Chitral town
PESHAWAR: Political leaders, members of civil society and journalists on Thursday urged the government to take prompt steps for controlling widespread soil erosion and protection of houses and land and imminent road destruction being caused by the wearing away of river banks at Reshun village in Upper Chitral district The demand was made at a
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CHITRAL: Search for the recovery of the dead bodies of Yarkhun accident victims continued on the fifth consecutive day but without any success. Nine people lost their lives when a taxi land cruiser fell off a bridge into the river in front of Unauch village in Yarkhun early on May 30. One dead body was
AWI (UPPER CHITRAL): The residents of Awi have demanded that Aga Khan Rural Support Program (AKRSP) should pay them wages for the labour they rendered in the establishment of a government-funded powerhouse at Mem Gol that failed to achieve the target of electricity generation. At a meeting chaired by former district health officer (DHO) Dr
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(Picture released by DC office). BANG (YARKHUN): Soon after the fatal accident in Unauch village of Yarkhun which left nine people, including two women, dead on the night of may 30, the district administration of Upper Chitral issued an order banning night-time public transport to all remote areas. The deputy commissioner office blamed drivers of
Picture: dawn.com YARKHUN: In the Yarkhun accident, while the bodies of five of the nine people who died after a taxi vehicle fell into the river early on May 30 are still missing, it has emerged that there were initially three survivors but one of them drowned during a rescue operation by local people. The
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