CHITRAL: Two girls aged 19 and 21 years have died after they reportedly jumped into a river in Upper Chitral on Monday evening, according to Samaa TV. Area residents claimed that the two girls jumped into a river near Terich village of Upper Chitral. The remote village has no internet or cellular services, So further […]
YARKHUN: With a slight increase in temperature, the volume of water in Dizg Gol has started increasing and damaging crops, fruit trees and houses of the people of Khruzg village. A visit to the village by ChitralToday correspondent showed local people, including women and children, trying to ward off the floodwater to save their properties.
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A.M. Khan What becomes a matter of concern more when it affects many. Same is the case in village Reshun of Upper Chitral. Besides the vast private property of locals, the river is eroding incessantly the main road since the merciless Chitral river changed its course to the area across Shadaer. It still continues eroding
CHITRAL: The residents have complained that all three major arteries of Chitral, including Lowari-Chitral City Road, Booni Road and Garam Chashma Road, are in bad shape. They said the National Highway Authority took over the control of the roads spread over 250 kilometres from the provincial government but failed to establish an office or post
HUNZA: Prime Minister Imran Khan laid the foundation of Hunza’s first Information Technology (IT) Park by unveiling the plaque at a ceremony held in Chinarbagh, Gilgit. Established jointly by Special Communications Organization (SCO) and the Aga Khan Foundation Pakistan (AKFP), the IT park will provide state-of-the-art infrastructure with uninterrupted power supply, high speed internet facility
CHITRAL: Three persons shot dead a fellow villager in Damel village of Arandu and fled from the area. Police said villagers were dredging an irrigation canal when the three men exchanged harsh words with another man and shot him dead. The deceased was identified by the police as Abdul Wahab, son of Roz Muhammad. The
CHITRAL: People in Golen valley have asked Wapda to redesign the route of the valley road up to the intake point of the Golen Gol hydropower station`s channel before its reconstruction. The road had been swept away by floods in July last year. Through a resolution passed during a meeting on Tuesday, the local residents
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RESHUN: At last, work to divert the flow of river Yarkhun near Reshun started on Tuesday to save private land and houses in Shhader locality as well as the Chitral-Mastuj road. The river has eroded part of the village in the Shhader locality of Reshun, causing millions of rupees losses to the dwellers and was
Zahiruddin CHITRAL: The historical tree of white mulberry in Singoor village of Chitral town fell to the ground as strong winds continue to lash the valley for the last two days. The tree has already completed its physical age of 200 years. Dwarfing all the trees in the village, it was known as boekan mrach
CHITRAL: The district administration of Lower Chitral has ordered closure of all public and private sector educational institutions as well as tuition centres till May 17 in the wake of the rising Covid-19 cases and in compliance with the instructions of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), Islamabad. However, there is no ban on
