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CHITRAL, June 12: Flash floods have washed away most of the district’s connecting bridges and left residents stranded. Wazirzada, an elder of the Kalash tribe, said the situation in Chitral has been tense for the last three days as the Chitral River, Golain Gol, Sheshi Koh along with various water sources in Rambor, Birir, Bamboret

CHITRAL, June 9: Civil society organisations have demanded of the authorities to improve firefighting system in Chitral town as most of the buildings here are vulnerable to fire owing to use of deodar wood, which is highly combustible. The representatives of different civil society organisations complained that there was no emergency response system in case

BOONI, June 10: The traffic police have started harassing motorcycle riders on the Booni-Reshun road, issuing them tickets without any justification. It has been observed that the traffic police cops stop motorcycle riders at different points on the road and ask them to produce their national identity cards, registration books or driving licences. Most of

PESHAWAR, June 9: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Elementary and Secondary Education Department has decided to start pre-primary or nursery classes in government primary schools for children below five years of age, sources said. It would be the first such initiative by the education department to pay attention to the education of children who come to the

CHITRAL, June 8: Leaders of Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N0 at a press conference here on Saturday demanded construction of hydropower stations in Chitral to end loadshedding. Former MPA Saeed Ahmad, Fazal Rahim Advocate and other PML-N leaders said Chitral was facing the longest loadshedding despite having the capacity to produce about 15,000 megawatts of electricity.