CHITRAL: A villager was buried alive under a huge avalanche that occurred in the Phasti village in Lotkoh valley on Monday. Local people told ChitralToday that Muhammad Hussain had taken his goats to the hilly area near his village when the avalanche killed him. The avalanche also damaged public property including kutcha houses in the
Ashfaq Yusufzai PESHAWAR: Researchers have found that Kho people of Chitral are developing resistance to cancer due to their DNA and genome amid high prevalence of risk factors for the disease in the region. They have called for wide-ranging studies to ascertain if they have got immunity to fight the disease. Many genes involved in
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Muhammad irshad ullah CHAKDARA: Thousands of candidates, including women, had to travel all the way from Chitral to Malakand University in Chakdara on Sunday to appear in a test for various vacant posts in the departments of education and prisons. There were only three posts reserved for Upper Chitral and only for Lower Chitral. Despite
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PESHAWAR: The Wildlife Department Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has achieved its target of increasing the protected areas from 10 percent to 15 percent of the total area of the province with the aim to conserve, protect and increase wildlife and other biodiversity. The government has now nine national parks, 87 community game reserves, 38 public game reserves,
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PESHAWAR: The federal government has transferred 19 motels of the Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Culture and Tourism Tourism Authority (KPCTA), which would help facilitate tourists and boost tourism in the province. “We are taking tangible steps to facilitate tourists and promote tourism in the upcoming season. The transfer of PTDC
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