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ZAIT (CHITRAL), Aug 25: The passengers bound to upper Chitral from the Chitral town are facing problems in the afternoon at the bus station in Kubrisht, Chitral. See the route map from Chitral to Booni here Most of the vans disappear from the bus station before 1pm and only one van stands there for the big crowd of […]

View Larger MapChitral Gol National Park is also known for being a place where migratory birds come to rest. CHITRAL, Aug 24: Many species of birds, both resident and migratory, are threatened with extinction in Chitral valley, Pakistan’s scenic mountainous north, according to experts. Masood Ali, a local biodiversity specialist, said on Friday that the

CHARUN, (CHITRAL) Aug 24: For the last four days as the weather gets hotter, the Yarkhun River here has crossed its high mark and continued eroding the remaining lands and forests in the Lower Junali Koach. [caption id=\"attachment_3615\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"River Yarkhun at high flood\"][/caption] Since yesterday, the river has washed away almost all property

CHITRAL, Aug 24: The Kalash people have abandoned their centuries-old ritual of putting their dead in an open yard for the first time recently owing to fear of terrorist attack as they buried the body of one Ebaduddin, who was kidnapped and slaughtered to death by Afghan desperados. The Kalash elders of Bumburate said that

ISLAMABAD, Aug 24: The National Highway Authority plans to spend Rs 8550.425 million on improvement and widening of Nowshehra-Chitral Highway (N-45). “Improvement and widening of Chakdara-Timergrah-Dir-Chitral (141 km) section is a new project which will complete left over sections of the project improvement of N-45 for dualisation, rehabilitation and reconstruction, which was undertaken in 2006 at