GILGIT: Renowned Pakistani mountaineer Samina Baig, the first and only Pakistani woman to have summited Mount Everest, successfully scaled K2 on Friday morning. Another woman from Iran appeared to be the first from their countries to scale K2 on Friday, the world’s second-highest mountain and one of the most dangerous summits, a mountaineering official said. A
Zulfiqar Ahmad ISLAMABAD: A famine-like situation is feared in Upper Chitral due to “mismanagement and incompetence” by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa food department officials who failed to ensure supply of wheat to the district despite repeated requests by the local. Talking to ChitralToday, Shahzada Sikanderul Mulk, a local leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), accused the food
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MASTUJ: Mastuj bridge is closed again as the river Yarkhun has washed away the kutcha portion of the RCC bridge which was filled with stones and sand over a week ago. As a result, areas from Mastuj to Shandur and Broghil in Yarkhun valley are cut off. The bridge was closed on July 10 this
CHITRAL: The long march of the residents of Ashiret demanding power supply to their area reached Chitral and ended with the formation of a committee to resolve the issue. About 100 youth of Ashiret set off on foot from their area and reached Chitral town at a distance of 75 km in 32 hours. On
BREP (UPPER CHITRAL): A youth was injured after falling stones hit him near Dewangol village on Sunday, local residents told ChitralToday. They said Mumtaz Ali, son of Bahadar Ali, was crossing below the sliding area of Chokulwaht bear a pedestrian bridge in front of Brep when rocks and boulders fell from the mountain and hit
