RAWALPINDI: PIA is planning to operate direct flights from Karachi and Lahore to Skardu and Chitral in order to promote tourism in the northern areas. A spokesman for the PIA said an Airbus flight for Skardu would take off from Karachi after making sure that the weather conditions are clear and the routine flight from
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PESHAWAR: In a major operation, the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) and other law enforcement agencies arrested an activist of a banned religious outfit in Chitral. The CTD carried out the operation in Osiak village near Drosh along with the local police and arrested Aftab Ahmed, son of Muhammad Azam, of Afghanistan. The CTD said Aftab, who
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BOONI: The government has started charging the local people for drinking water in Chitral. The imposition of the tax on water consumers has started in Booni, the headquarters of the Upper Chitral district. A senior official of the Public Health Engineering Department confirmed to ChitralToday that Rs350 per connection was being collected in areas where
YARKHUN: An avalanche on Wednesday killed at least 35 cows and goats at Lotgaz village in the north of Yarkhun Lasht. Locals told ChitralToday that the avalanche also blocked the road to Broghil. Earlier, essential goods and other supplies meant for Broghil were being transported up to Kankhon but the avalanche blocked the road to
DROSH: Awami National Party (ANP) at a meeting warned the government against laodshedding in Ramazan. At a meeting held with Haji Ghulam Ahmed, the district president of the party, in the chair, the ANP said the government had already been given a deadline to end power outages. If the government fails to ensure power supply
