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CHITRAL: Torrential rains/snowfall continued across Chitral causing blockades of roads and triggering landsliding. Rescue 112 said a boy, identified as Masoodur Rehman, was seriously injured after a landslide caused by continuous rain hit the house of Muhamamd Khan in Orghoch village of Lower Chitral. The injured was later shifted to Peshawar in a Rescue 1122 […]

GH Farooqui CHITRAL: Work on the construction of approach roads to Lowari tunnel in Chitral side, that was continuing at a snail\’s pace, has now been stopped altogether due to unavailability of funds.  Even 16 years after start of work on the construction of the tunnel, 20pc work is still incomplete on the mega project.

Gul Hamaad Farooqi CHITRAL: All crushing plants in both Lower and Upper Chitral have been sealed by the Department of Industries and Production. The department took the action against the crushing plants for violating rules under the Power Crusher Act 2020 which has come into force. But the crush plant owners and workers, led by Crush

CHITRAL: The National Highway Authority (NHA) has been urged to change the alignment of the Chitral-Shandur road at least at four points to save the road from frequent closure and avoid accidents. The demand came after the NHA recently invited bids for the construction of the road which would be completed in four stages.  Former

Hafsah Sarfraz This Women\’s Day we\’re honouring the strong women who are making our communities safer for everyone, especially women, to live and thrive in. One such icon is Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s first woman District Police Officer (DPO), Sonia Shamroz, who recently joined the Chitral police. This Women\’s Day we\’re honouring the strong women who are

DROSH: At a public gathering held in Drosh bazaar, local leaders of Awami National party (ANP) warned the PTI government not to shift liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) plants from Chitral to Gilgit-Baltistan.  They said the plants were sanctioned for Chitral town, Drosh, Broz and other areas by the previous government and their shifting would not

PESHAWAR: In a strange twist to a Chitrali underage girl\’s marriage with JUI-F lawmaker from Balochistan, the Chitral police have said the girl was 18 years old and had married the over 60-year-old man on her free will. The police submitted a report (available with ChitralToday) to the Commission on the Status of Women, KP,

Social and human rights activist Dr Khalil Ahmed Jughooru has demanded stringent legislation to check exploitation of Chitrali girls and women through underage marriages and other ways. He said the provincial assembly should either make a new law or endorse the existing one, if any, in order to protect the rights of Chitral women, girls