CHITRAL, Oct 30: An office-bearer of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chitral has urged Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf to visit Chitral and announce a development package for the area. In a press release, Iqbal Hayat, the information and coordination secretary of the PPP Chitral, said no prime minister or president had visited the district during […]
CHITRAL, Oct 30: One person was killed and six others, including a minor girl, were injured in a road accident near Barenis, about 40 km north of Chitral town, on Tuesday. According to SHO police station Koghuzi, a taxi jeep (CL-212) carrying 14 passengers was coming to Chitral from Kosht village when it fell into
PESHAWAR: While people are packing up and leaving Peshawar to celebrate Eid in their respective hometowns, those wanting to head for Chitral are not so fortunate. With the Lowari Tunnel undergoing construction and the Lowari Top already capped with snow, the 370-kilometre journey to Chitral towards the north of the provincial capital has become increasing
CHITRAL, Oct 29: Early snowfall in mountains and Eidul Azha have led to early return of farmers to villages from pastures in highlands. According to Dr Inayatullah Faizi, former project manager of International Union for Conservation of Nature in Chitral, cattle are sent to pastures in early June and they are brought home at the
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BREP (UPPER CHITRAL), Oct 28: People here celebrated Eidul Azha in shock and the village is still tense after a youth shot dead a woman before killing himself a few days earlier. When the bodies of two victims were brought back from hospital after postmortem on Friday, tension gripped the locality where the killings had
