Zahiruddin CHITRAL: An Urdu short film on the growing incidence of suicides by women in Chitral recently won three awards at the World Film Festival in New York. The festival coincided with four more suicides across Chitral. Produced by Nighat Akbar Shah and directed by Shoaib Sultan, the 30-minute Darya Ke Iss Paar revolves round […]
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BOONI: Chitral\’s two lawmakers on Saturday assured people of Booni that they would make efforts to resolve issues related to land settlement of Chitral, especially the dispute over the Qaqlasht plateau. MNA Abdul Akber and MPA Hidayatur Rehman were speaking at a meeting of local people held at the residence of ANP leader Shah Wazir
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CHITRAL: A jeep skidded off the road and fell into the riverside at Greenlasht in Upper Chitral. Zainul Abedin, a resident of Mastuj, was coming to Chitral when the accident occurred. Zainul Abedin remained unhurt. Rescue 1122 retrieved the vehicle and handed it over to the owner.
BREP (UPPER CHITRAL): The Covid-19 adult vaccination centre set up in Brep three days ago is unable to cope with the rush of people reaching here from different villages to get the jabs. The centre has been opened at the Basic Health Unit (BHU) where two health workers are administering the vaccine. Earlier, the vaccination
CHITRAL: A 12-year-old boy fell into the river while trying to retrieve his bat in Shali village of Lower Chitral on Tuesday. Rescue 1122 said youngsters were playing cricket when the bat fell into the river. One of the boys jumped into the river to catch the bat. But he was washed away by the
CHITRAL: A large number of professional beggars from down districts have swarmed Chitral ahead of Eidul Fitr. According to sources, these beggars are brought here from Punjab by a gang. They are dropped in front of mosques and in streets in the morning and picked up in the evening. For many years, these beggars arrive
BOONI: A resident of Parwak upper died of Covid-19 here on Tuesday. Muhammad Tahir Khan, son of Mir Sawat, a resident of Parwak, was admitted to the isolation ward of a hospital here for the last 10 days.–Sher Afgan
YARKHUN: The staff of a utility store in Bang village of Yarkhun had to shut the outlet and run away after hundreds of people from different villages descended on the outlet to buy essential commodities on reduced rates ahead of Eidul Fitr early on Friday morning. A visit to the outlet in in the village
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CHITRAL: Mismanagement and disorder was witnessed at the anti-corona vaccination centre established in the district headquarters hospital here the other day as hundreds of people were found struggling to reach the counter for vaccination. Also, there is no separate desk for female visitors. The elderly and women complained that all this happened due to mismanagement
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BOONI: Suspicions have increased over the reported suicidal death of two girls in Terich in Mulkhow valley of Upper Chitral while the police is yet to start an investigation into the case. Sources told ChitralToday that on Monday night the Upper Chitral district police received information that two girls, aged between 19 and 20 and
