RESHUN: People of Reshun in Upper Chitral have given the government a deadline of two weeks to start work on protection of private land and the only road to their district against river erosion. At a meeting held with Mr Shah Nadir in the chair, the local residents said the river flooding last year eroded […]
Reshun residents seek govt help against river erosion Read More »
MASTUJ (UPPER CHITRAL): People coming from far-off villages for Covid vaccination here demanded that centres should be opened in their areas to facilitate elderly people, especially women. Ghulam Nadir, Ali Rehmat, Salamat Khan, Mirza Panah and Shahid Baig from Yarkhun were among hundreds of people who visited the Rural Health Centre (RHC) Mastuj for the
BEIJING: China’s Sinohydro will build a run-of-the-river hydropower plant in Chitral to produce 82MW at a cost of $200 million. The Turtonas-Uzghor hydropower project will be executed by Uzghor Hydropower Pvt. Ltd., a consortium of China’s hydropower giant Sinohydro and Pakistan’s Sachal Group. The project site is located five kilometres away from the existing 108MWs
China to build 82 megawatt power plant in Chitral Read More »
NOWSHERA (APP): Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday formally inaugurated a multi-billion project to widen and reconstruct the Chitral-Shandur-Gilgit road. The inauguration was held at a function mainly organized to lay foundation for the Jalozai Apartments for low-income groups in Nowshera. The ceremony was informed that the construction of the 253 km long road would
PM inaugurates project to widen Chitral-Gilgit road Read More »
GARAM CHASHMA: A pylon of the PTCL\’s DSL (digital subscriber line) has fallen into the river at Roji village but the company has not taken steps to save it from being washed away. The DSL service in Garam Chashma was inaugurated in July last year to facilitate students in the wake of the Covid pandemic.
BOONI: Police in Mulkhow on Tuesday said they have arrested a young man on the charge of killing a college student early on Monday morning. The police identified the suspect as Azeem Ali, a local resident. According to the police, the suspect has confessed to killing the youth. Further investigation is underway. Injured Haider Ali,
PESHAWAR: Chitral land settlement case has been transferred by the Chief Justice of the Peshawar High Court from Darul Qaza Swat to the principal seat of the Peshawar High Court. The case concerns the manner in which land settlement has been carried out in the districts of Upper and Lower Chitral, resulting in over 97%
Chitral land settlement case transferred to PHC principal seat Read More »
(Picture courtesy: Zain Muluk) BOONI: A youth was shot dead outside his home in Morder village of Upper Chitral by an unknown person at Sehri time on Monday, local people told ChitralToday on Monday. They identified the murdered boy as Haider Ali, son of Noor Zaman, a resident of Morder, tehsil Mulkhow. The victim was
RAWALPINDI: PIA is planning to operate direct flights from Karachi and Lahore to Skardu and Chitral in order to promote tourism in the northern areas. A spokesman for the PIA said an Airbus flight for Skardu would take off from Karachi after making sure that the weather conditions are clear and the routine flight from
PIA planning direct flight from Karachi to Chitral Read More »
PESHAWAR: In a major operation, the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) and other law enforcement agencies arrested an activist of a banned religious outfit in Chitral. The CTD carried out the operation in Osiak village near Drosh along with the local police and arrested Aftab Ahmed, son of Muhammad Azam, of Afghanistan. The CTD said Aftab, who
Terror suspect held, ammunition seized in Chitral Read More »
