CHITRAL: A man was arrested after recovery of 33 litres of locally-made liquor from his possession, a statement issued by the Lower Chitral police said on Wednesday. The police identified the suspect as Shujaul Mulk, son of Nawroz Khan, resident of Orghoch. The police said on the direction of Inspector General of Police Akhtar Hayat […]
PESHAWAR: A meeting held in Peshawar with Chief Secretary Nadeem Aslam Chaudhry here on Tuesday discussed different issues faced by the people of Chitral. The meeting was held as people of Chitral have been protesting against an unprecedented increase in the price of wheat. As the annual Shandur polo festival is being held from July
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CHITRAL: A protest sit-in was staged at Bakrabad against the unprecedented increase in the price of wheat and calling upon the government to restore the old price without further delay. The Chitral road was blocked by the protesters for hours. In the late evening, the DC Chitral and commandant Chitral Scouts met the protesters. After
CHILAS: A Spanish climber lost his life during an attempt to scale the world’s ninth-highest peak, Nanga Parbat, local police said. A group of climbers was attempting to scale the Nanga Parbat, which at 8,125 metres (26,660 feet), the world’s ninth-highest peak. The police said the Spanish mountaineer died at Nanga Parbat Base Camp number
DROSH: As the government remained unmoved to resolve the wheat crisis after jacking up its price from Rs6,000 per 100 kg to Rs11,500, political parties and civil society have mobilized the public across Chitral. Protest gatherings and sit-ins have been held in Ashiret, Drosh, Chitral town, Booni and other areas and more such rallies are
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Irshadullah Khan CHITRAL: A Chitral Scouts personnel, Asadur Rehman, son of Gul Badshah, died of heart failure, sources saud on Sunday. Rehman was resident of Prayet village of Lower Chitral. Local sources told Chitral Today that Rehman was posted to Tank, Waziristan. He suffered a heart issue while on duty and was rushed to hospital
CHITRAL: The dead body of a man who was missing for the last two days was recovered from river Chitral by Rescue 1122 on Sunday. The emergency service said after being alerted, its staff recovered the dead body from the river at Jinjiret near Drosh. The body was later identified as that of Babu Khan,
CHITRAL: A 50-year-old man has gone missing after leaving his home in a village located in the Drosh town of Lower Chitral. The district police on Saturday said that Babu Khan, son of Khan Muhammad, is a resident of Shumait Gol, abd he disappeared on Friday night. Anyone having information about the whereabouts of the
ISLAMABAD: A large number of travellers were left stranded on Friday morning after the main Karakoram Highway and connected roads in parts of Gilgit-Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were cut off after a spell of heavy rainfall. Heavy monsoon rains, coupled with strong winds, lashed across areas such as Bisham, Shangla, Kohistan, Battagram, and Torghar. The
CHITRAL: The district administration of Lower Chitral has notified the names of players of all five teams that would participate in the annual Shandur polo festival from July 7 to 9. The A, B, C, D and the Subdivision Mastuj teams were picked by the District Selection Committee on June 27 at the office of
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