Gul Hamaad Farooqi CHITRAL: When the summer comes, residents of the scenic valley of Oveer Lasht spend sleepless nights fearing a glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) may hit their village from the huge glaciers overlooking it. Oveer Lasht and its suburbs in Lotkoh, Lower Chitral, have a population of 4,000 people but there is neither […]
BREP: Houses and crops along with orchards were damaged after torrential rains triggered flash floods in Brep on Wednesday night. Flash floods and glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) have wrecked havoc in different parts of Chitral within the last about three weeks. After a long dry spell, there was a localized torrential rain in Brep
CHITRAL: A truck carrying books from Peshawar to Chitral overturned near the town on Thursday. Rescue 1122 said the accident occurred due to a brake failure, but nobody was injured in the accident. The emergency service staff reached the spot and straightened the heavy vehicle and handed it over to the owner, it added.
PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Mahmood Khan on Thursday inaugurated newly-established academic, administration blocks and four laboratories at Khyber Medical University (KMU) Peshawar. These projects have been completed at a total cost of Rs690 million. Establishment of the labs was the first ever step of its kind in the province as previously samples of infectious diseases had
CHITRAL: The Garam Chashma road, which was blocked at numerous points during the recent rains and flash floods, has been reopened after removal of the debris. The National Highway Authority (NHA) used machinery and labourers to open the road which was blocked at Shoghore, Bilphok, Kenisgar, Shali Gol, Balach and near Chitral airport. Moreover, the
