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Climate change affecting agri, pastoral practices in Chitral

CHITRAL: Climate change is affecting the agricultural and pastoral practices in Chitral, putting pressure on natural resources, especially pastures, for grazing animals and getting their fodder. Hamid Mir, a conservationist with an international organisation, said climate change had increased the vulnerability of the communities using livestock for subsistence. He said like other mountain communities trans-humance […]

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Telenor awarded contract for broadband service in Chitral

ISLAMABAD: The government on Monday approved Rs5.1 billion worth of projects to provide high-speed mobile broadband services across the country. The decision was made during the 74th board of directors meeting of Universal Service Fund (USF) presided over by Secretary Ministry of IT and Telecommunication Shoaib Ahmad Siddiqui. The board approved award of contracts to

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Communities take over tsunami saplings

DIZG (UPPER CHITRAL): The forest department has handed over saplings planted under the KP government’s billion tree tsunami afforestation programme in different parts of the Yarkhun valley to the local communities, residents told ChitralToday. The largest enclosure of the new plants was in the Khotan Lasht desert where plantation started in 2016. The forest department has planted

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