Gul Hamaad Farooqi CHITRAL: Mastuj Bridge, which connects Lower Chitral with most parts of Upper Chitral and Gilgit-Baltistan via the Shandur Pass, is in a dilapidated and dangerous condition due to lack of maintenance. Last year, a portion of the bridge was damaged due to flooding in the Yarkhun river. The foundation of the bridge and pillars were damaged due to […]
Ten persons including village council nazim booked Police force them to appear before magistrate for undertaking Locals term police action a strong-arm tactic to silence them from raising voice for rights. BREP: The flood-devastated people of Brep have strongly condemned registration of a police case against them for peacefully holding a protest gathering against government
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GH Farooqui CHITRAL: Work on a bridge to connect Khuz and Dewangol villages on the right side of river Yarkhun in Upper Chitral has been stopped and residents, especially students, are compelled to travel on foot and cross the river to connect other areas, a visit to the site by Chitral Today correspondent showed. The
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CHITRAL: Representatives of political parties and civil society on Sunday demanded action against wheat flour mafia and millers and restoration of the old system of supply of wheat from the government sale points to the consumers. Because of the stoppage of selling wheat from the government sale points and availability of flour from mills, the
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PESHAWAR: Ambassador and Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Pakistan Dr Riina Kionka on Saturday expressed satisfaction with the level of community resilience against natural disasters in Chitral region and promised her organisation’s help and support to scale it up. During a daylong visit to Booni, the district headquarters of Upper Chitral,
BOONI: The closed utility store in flood-affected Brep village will soon be made functional again, according to the office of the deputy commissioner Upper Chitral. In a statement, the DC office said on Friday that officials of the Utility Store Corporation (USC) visited Brep today and assured the district administration that the outlet would be
DROSH: Police here have lodged an FIR under section 341, 504/34 of Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) against three key organizers of a public protest gathering held a few days back in Drosh. The FIR was lodged on the application of one Shahzadur Rehman, a resident and president of Islahi Committee Upper Dir. According to the
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Gul Hamaad Farooqi BREP (UPPER CHITRAL): Hundreds of people from Brep and nearby areas held a protest rally for the second time in a week demanding rehabilitation of the flood-hit village and steps to protect them from further devastation. The gathering was presided over by former councilor Shelly Sultan while chairman Ahmed Khan of Village
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PESHAWAR: The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) has alerted the departments concerned about flash flooding and hailstorm in the wake of a new spell of rain from Saturday. In a communication, the PDMA referred to a forecast by the regional meteorologist department according to which another westerly wave was likely to enter the western part
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BOONI: Walks were held in Booni and Mastuj by officials of the district education (male) Upper Chitral, teachers and students in connection with the enrollment drive launched by the education department of Khyber Pakthunkhwa. The walk in Booni was led by District Education Officer Meftahuddin, Deputy DEO Muqaddas Khan, SDEO Mastuj Sharaf Uddin, ADEO Rahmat
