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CHITRAL: The Arkari valley of Lower Chitral remains cut-off since huge avalanches buried the narrow road to the area a few days ago. As no help is coming from the government or any other agency, people remained in the valley and facing shortage of essential supplies. The whole Arkari valley has no healthcare centre and […]

BANG: People of Bang have started a protest against the education department of Upper Chitral for appointing a resident of Mulkhow as a Class-IV in the government primary school Bang upper of Yarkhun union council. The protesters said 22 years ago while acquiring land for the construction of the primary school, the education department in

At least six people were killed and seven others injured when unidentified assailants opened fire on a passenger vehicle in Gilgit-Baltistan\’s Naltar valley on Thursday, dawn.com reported. According to police, a van carrying 18 local passengers including women was on its way to Naltar from Gilgit town. At about 3pm, unidentified gunmen opened fire on

AYUN: The rain and snowfall that started on Monday continued on Tuesday across Chitral, blocking roads to different parts of the two districts. Moreover, two houses were also damaged in Garam Chashma valley due to the heavy rain and snowfall. The houses belonged to Sher Afzal in Ucho Gol and Mrs Bibi, daughter of Mirza

KHUZ (UPPER CHITRAL): People of Khuz and Dewangol at a meeting reiterated their longstanding demand for the construction of a bridge over the Yarkhun river to link their area with other parts of Upper Chitral. The villages of Khuz lower, Khuz upper and Dewangol, consisting of over 300 houses, are located on the right bank

PESHAWAR: An accountability court here on Friday acquitted five persons of the charge of embezzling Rs76 million of the forest royalty funds in Chitral. Judge Naveed Ahmad Khan ruled that as per the evidence available the accused, including ex-councillor Prince Khalid Pervez, ex-sub-divisional forest officer Gulzarur Rehman and three private persons namely Noor Shahideen, Rehmat

CHITRAL: An avalanche hit Washich village in Torkhow valley of Upper Chitral the other night after rain lashed the pasture for three days which caused the huge mass of snow to erode downward. However, there was no casualty. Qazi Inayat, a villager, told this correspondent by phone that the avalanche passed through the deep stream

SHANGLA: A committee of youth from six districts of Malakand and Hazara divisions has opposed the proposal of some lawmakers to include Buner and Chitral in the proposed new zone for job allocation by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Public Service Commission. Creating a new zone for job allocation has been the longstanding demand of the six

PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Mahmood Khan presided over a meeting of the provincial cabinet that decided to revert the superannuation age of government servants to 60 years from the previously decided 63 years. Addressing the cabinet, Mahmood Khan directed the departments to ensure implementation on development and public welfare schemes under time-tag in the remaining two

PESHAWAR: The KP government, in a bid to promote tourism activities, has finalized Summer Plan 2021 for holding various activities including sports events and cultural festivals during the upcoming summer season.  The activities reflected in the summer plan include Dera Jaar Festival, Tour de Khyber Cycling Race, Mountain Bike Rally, Qaqlasht Festival, Chelum Josht Festival,