BOONI: The district administration of Upper Chitral has banned night-time public transport movement towards Yarkhun and Laspur valleys. In a statement, the office of the deputy commissioner said the decision was taken in the wake of frequent road accidents and loss of human lives. In the latest such accident, eight of the 10 people travelling […]
CHITRAL: Rescue 1122 Lower Chitral retrieved bodies of three of the eight people who died when a land cruiser taxi fell into Yarkhun river near Unauch early on Sunday. One body was recovered from the riverside in front of Pavur village earlier in the day. As there is no rescue service in Upper Chitral district,
UNAUCH (YARKHUN): About 10 hours after a land cruiser fell from a bridge here into the Yarkhun river, no rescue team has reached the accident site even at noon. Meanwhile, the wreckage of the vehicle is lying in the middle of the river and the locals feared that most of the bodies remain trapped inside,
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YARKHUN: Eight people lost their life after a taxi land cruiser fell off a poorly-maintained bridge into the river near Unauch, a remote village of Yarkhun valley, early on Sunday, local people told ChitralToday. The accident victims included a man and his wife and a former district council member, Israr Ahmed. The incident occurred between
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MASTUJ: The project concept-1 (PC-1) of Dewangol bridge has been finalized by the tehsil council of Mastuj. The bridge will connect the three isolated villages of Dewangol, Khuz lower and Khuz upper located on the right bank of River Yarkhun with other parts of Upper Chitral district. Muhammad Saeed Khan Lal of Dewangol told ChitralToday
BOONI: The road between Booni and Awi, originally 28 feet wide, has narrowed down to almost half of its width due to encroachments at different points. The alignment and construction of the road was carried out from Kruijunali to the middle of Awi years back. But till now neither the remaining work has been completed
CHITRAL: Stakeholders working in the tourism sector gathered at a local hotel on Thursday and discussed ways to protect their interest keeping in view the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic and the losses and issues they have been facing for over a year. The participants of the meeting, chaired by prominent tour operator Mr Harir
PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan on Wednesday announced an increase of 25 percent in the salaries of provincial government employees. “The enhancement in salaries will be applicable from 1st June this year”, Mahmood Khan added. Addressing a press conference along with provincial cabinet members Taimur Saleem Jhagra, Shaukat Yousafzai and Kamran Bangash, the
MINGORA (SWAT): The counter-terrorism department on Wednesday informed Peshawar High Court Mingora bench (Darul Qaza) that the name of social activist Sher Jahan Sahil from Chitral has been forwarded to the home department from removal from the Schedule IV of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA). The reply was filed by the CTD in reply to an
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GH Farooqui CHITRAL: Subdivisional officer (SDO) of Communication and Works (C&W) Department Atiq Farooq has alleged that Deputy Commissioner Lower Chitral Hasan Abid illegally picked him up by Levies personnel and detained him in his office. Mr Farooq has filed an application in the court of senior civil judge through his lawyer Aftab Rahim against
