CHITRAL: Speakers at different workshops here said that devastations of glacial lake outburst flood (Glof) could be mitigated by preparedness of the local community on scientific lines and making them resilient. The workshops were held separately for the sub-valleys of Arkari and Madak Lusht on ‘resilience against the glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) threats’ by […]
Azal Zahir I have never seen it rain like this, at this time of year,” Masoodul Mulk, one of the descendants of the last Mehtar (prince) of Chitral and development practitioner now heading the Sarhad Rural Support Programme (SRSP), had told me in September. It had rained consistently on the first two days of September
CHITRAL: People of different areas at a protest meeting in Shagram on Saturday decided to stage a sit-in against non-construction of Istaru bridge by the government. The sit-in at the site of the damaged bridge in Istaru will continue till the government starts work on the bridge, they announced. The participants chanted slogans against their
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Gul Hamad Farooqi CHITRAL: When my father fell ill, we took him to the District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital Chitral where he tested positive for Covid-19. As there was no ventilator in the hospital he was shifted to Khyber Teaching Hospital (KTH) Peshawar where he passed away, says Saud Bashir, whose father Bashir Ahmed was a social
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CHITRAL: The residents of Chitral have demanded of the government to strengthen the district headquarters (DHQ) hospital to handle Covid-19 cases keeping in view the restrictions of mobility to the down country during the coming tough and extended winter season. MNA Maulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali, former MPA Syed Sardar Hussain Shah and others said the
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