BOONI: On August 29, 2022, the first mosque built in partnership of Al Khidmat Foundation and TMA Booni was inaugurated at the Government College for Boys Booni by performing the Zuhr prayers under the leadership of Maulana Javed Hussain, President of Al Khidmat Foundation. Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami Upper Chitral Mujtaba Lal was the chief guest on […]
ISLAMABAD (APP): The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH)\’s early warning system and a team of trained Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) volunteers helped safely evacuate more than 8,000 people in the recent floods that played havoc in the country. The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) in Pakistan, immediately mobilised its agencies including AKAH, Aga
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BANG: About a week after over 10 families were rendered homeless by the flooding Yarkhun river in Pavur village, the PTI chapter of Upper Chitral arranged funds to divert the flow of the river, local people told ChitralToday on Tuesday. Political and social activist Zahir Uddin said due to flooding in a nullah in Dewser
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CHITRAL: A public protest was held in Brun village of Bumburate today (Wednesday) against the alleged murder of a girl from the area in Peshawar. The protest call was given by Bumburate village council chairmen Khalilur Rehman. The locals said the girl from Bumburate had married a man belonging to Peshawar in 2016 and was
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CHITRAL: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mehmood Khan on Monday visited Chitral and announced Rs1 billion – Rs500 million for each of the two districts – for the reconstruction of infrastructure damaged in the recent floods. He made the announcement during his visit to Shishi Koh in Lower Chitral and Brep in Upper Chitral where he
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Bashir Hussain Azad CHITRAL: While the weather normalized after incessant rains and devastating floods across Chitral on Sunday, reports from the secluded and scenic Golen valley of Lower Chitral showed disturbing scene of destruction to public and private properties. The flash floods have also damaged the diversion structure and power channel of the 108 megawatt
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has approved an additional Rs2.5 billion for relief and rehabilitation activities in flood-affected areas of the province. In this regard, a summary has been approved by the provincial cabinet through circulation. Besides, a letter has also been written by the establishment and administration department to the relief and rehabilitation department
BUNI (UPPER CHITRAL): Because of the climatic changes, people in Upper Chitral district have been facing a variety of natural calamities and disasters during in this year starting with unexpected rains and glacier outburst floods (GLOFs) and flash floods. So far this year, there have been intermittent disasters and emergency situations as a result of
The government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) has declared a rain emergency in several districts of the province till August 30 after the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) warned of “high to very high floods” in the Swat River. Key developments: Emergency declared in several KP districts till Aug 30 in view of floods Bridges, schools
Shikwa zulmat-e-shab se to kahin behtar tha Apne hisse ki koi shama jalate jaate… (Ahmed Faraz). Kaleem Kavish These days, you might be scrolling social media all the time to find something of your interest but end up finding nothing on it but the devastation of flood everywhere. That\’s exactly what has been happening
