YARKHUN: An elderly woman was killed and two others were injured when a young man opened fire in the house of his in-laws in Bang village on Friday morning, local sources told ChitralToday. They identified the deceased woman as Khosh Nan, 60 years old. She was married in Booni but lived in her parents\’ house
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DROSH: Local people have demanded an investigation into the incident of a fire that erupted in a timber machine at Tonga bazaar Drosh in the wee hours of Feb 5 (Friday). The fire completely damaged the timber machine and partially damaged an adjacent house, locals told ChitralToday. The owner of the machine said after he
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CHITRAL: People of Chitral have criticised the apathy of National Highway Authority (NHA) towards the maintenance of roads since taking over their control five months ago. Former district council member Riaz Diwanbegi said after the formal transfer of Shandur Road (147km) and Garam Chashma Road (92km) to NHA, the communication and works department had removed
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KURAGH: People of Upper Chitral at a meeting here on Tuesday postponed their protest against power crisis from Feb 3 to Feb 8. The decision was taken at a meeting of Tehreek Huqooq-e-Awam in Kuragh today. According to the resident engineer of Reshun powerhouse, Chitral is not getting electricity from Chakdara grid station and the
MADAK LASHT: People of Madak Lasht in Shishi Koh valley of Lower Chitral have expressed their reservations over government\’s plan to turn their area into a tourist centre saying this would put their indigenous culture and traditions at stake. They were speaking at an open forum arranged by the deputy commissioner of Lower Chitral to
