GILGIT: A French paraglider who went missing in Hunza district on Saturday could not be found so far. Xavier Alain, 58, along with two Spanish paragliders, took off from an upper area in the district. The Spanish paragliders landed in Ganish area of Hunza after some time but the French paraglider was missing. A search […]
MASTUJ: Tourists and spectators coming from the annual Shandur festival were stranded at Shaidas and Harchin in Laspur valley due to flooding in the local streams on July 3, 2022. One woman from Harchin is feared drowned in the Harchin Gol flood; a vehicle swept away by gushing waters in the stream. The stranded travelers
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BANG (UPPER CHITRAL): The road to Yarkhun valley was on Sunday washed away by a glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) in Sholkoch Gol, local people told ChitralToday on phone. They said the whole area north of Solkoch up to the Broghil valley on the Afghan border remained cut off. So far, no help has come
SHANDUR: Chitral once again beat Gilgit-Baltistan in a thriller by 10 to nine goals and lifted the annual Shandur polo cup 2022 on July 3. Chitral wins Shandur polo cup. It was Chitral\’s seventh victory at Shandur since 2014 except 2020 and 2021 when the festival could not be held due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
DEWANGOL (UPPER CHITRAL): The road to Khuz lower, upper and Dewangol on the right bank of river Yarkhun has been washed away by the flooding river cutting off link with these villages. As a result, thousands of people are completely stranded and unable to move in and out of their areas. Besides, the river is
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BANG (YARKHUN): The dead body of a girl belonging to Gherarum village of Upper Yarkhun was recovered from the river in front of Bang on Saturday, local people told ChitralToday. The girl, Shabiba, daughter of Abdul Qadir, was married in Unauch village and had gone missing three days ago On Saturday, local residents spotted the
SHANDUR (UPPER CHITRAL): The annual Shandur polo festival 2022 started on July 1 after a gap of two years, which will continue till July 3. In 2020 and 2021, the event could not be held due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Thousands of people had encamped at the venue days before the start of the three-day
CHITRAL: Residents of Koh on Thursday morning blocked the Chitral-Mastuj road at Mroi for about 10 hours in protest against prolonged power outages. Some of the protesters also climbed a nearby hill and rolled down stones and rocks on the road and also not allowed people to walks towards their destinations. Hundreds of people remained
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We are deeply saddened over the passing of Ehsanul Haq Jan of Booni, Upper Chitral, in United States of America (USA). He was 52. Ehsanul Haq Jan was associated with the UNICEF and had been living in the USA along with his family for the last many years. Earlier, he worked with the AKDN in
CHITRAL: A seven-year-old child died and five people were injured in a road traffic accident in the jurisdiction of Koghuzi police on Wednesday. A double-cabin Datsun was coming to Chitral town from Verkhop in Upper Chitral carrying the six persons when it met with the accident at Mori Lasht. Eyewitness said the driver, Samiur Rehman
