BOONI: The government has started charging the local people for drinking water in Chitral. The imposition of the tax on water consumers has started in Booni, the headquarters of the Upper Chitral district. A senior official of the Public Health Engineering Department confirmed to ChitralToday that Rs350 per connection was being collected in areas where […]
YARKHUN: An avalanche on Wednesday killed at least 35 cows and goats at Lotgaz village in the north of Yarkhun Lasht. Locals told ChitralToday that the avalanche also blocked the road to Broghil. Earlier, essential goods and other supplies meant for Broghil were being transported up to Kankhon but the avalanche blocked the road to
DROSH: Awami National Party (ANP) at a meeting warned the government against laodshedding in Ramazan. At a meeting held with Haji Ghulam Ahmed, the district president of the party, in the chair, the ANP said the government had already been given a deadline to end power outages. If the government fails to ensure power supply
CHITRAL: A Pak-Italy friendship bridge was inaugurated in Khairabad area of Drosh town in Lower Chitral today. Along the bridge, other infrastructure development projects were inaugurated by Italian Agency for Development Cooperation Emanuela Benini, SRSP chief executive officer Shahzada Masoodul Mulk and deputy commissioner Lower Chitral Hasan Abid inaugurated the bridge and other schemes. The
KARIMABAD (LOWER CHITRAL): Rocks falling on a village from a mountain in this scenic valley of Lower Chitral have not only endangered the life of the inhabitants but also caused damages to the only link road and private property. Local people told ChitralToday that rocks continuously falling from a cliff of the mountain into the
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ISLAMABAD: PC of Chitral-Gilgit road costing Rs46 billion will be approved next week, National Highway Authority (NHA) Chairman Muhammad Khurram Agha on Friday said. Giving a briefing to Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Minister Muhammad Khalid Khorsheed, he said the PC-1 will be sent to the Planning Commission for final approval. The NHA chairman said feasibility work on
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BOONI: The Covid-19 test was conducted on all judicial officers and staff of the district judiciary of Upper Chitral and except one all of them were found not infected. The Covid-19 test of the judicial and other staff was conducted on the direction of District and Sessions Judge Usman Wali Khan. To carry out the
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Wildlife Department on Tuesday distributed Rs91.269 million among representatives of 26 communities from Chitral and Kohistan districts as their royalty from the Markhor Trophy Hunt. The cash distribution ceremony was held with Minister for Forests, Environment and Wildlife Ishtiaq Urmar as chief guest. The wildlife department’s chief conservator Mohsin Farooque informed
Zahiruddin CHITRAL: The ill-timed snowfall in Broghil valley of Upper Chitral has caused food shortage both for the people and their cattle while the area has been marooned by three feet snow that will require two months to melt. The former village nazim of Broghil, Amin Jan Tajik, told Dawn that vehicular traffic to the
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BOONI (UPPER CHITRAL): The Shia Ismaili Muslim community in Pakistan has launched a tree plantation drive, Darakht se Hayat, with the aim of protecting the environment. It is part of a global initiative known as Ismaili CIVIC, under which the Shia Ismaili Muslim community around the world has united to serve humanity by rendering service
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