CHITRAL: An American citizen, Edward Joseph Hudson, hunted down a long-horned Markhor in the Toshi Shasha conservation area in Chitral on Jan 2, said the deputy commissioner office. District Forest Officer (Wildlife) Lower Chitral Altaf Ali Shah said the hunted Markhor was 10 years old and its horns were 44 inches long. The US hunter […]
Sher Afgan AWI (UPPER CHITRAL): People of Awi on Sunday called upon the KP government to construct a jeep-able bridge over Mastuj river at Domadoomi to connect their village with other parts of the district. A large number of elders and youth of Awi held a meeting at the residence of Amir Hakim with Sultan
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CHITRAL: Local political activists have demanded of the government to start work on rehabilitation of protection walls and diversion of river and stream during the ongoing winter season as work on such sites would not be possible from mid-March when the water level rises. Amirullah Khan, Upper Chitral district president of PPP, said that segments
Zahirudin CHITRAL: The beneficiaries of Chitral Gol National Park have feared that the climate change ministry’s apathy towards the park’s conservation will cause depopulation of Kashmir markhor, felling of deodar trees and disintegration of custodian communities. Notified in 1984, the national park has the largest number of markhors in the country. Spread over 7,777 hectares,
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CHITRAL: Political and social figures from Drosh and Ayun on Saturday called on the government to start work on establishment of University of Chitral at Saeedabad near Drosh without further delay. They also asked the government to vacate the building at Seenlasht currently housing the university for establishment of a technical college. Geologists term proposed
