ISLAMABAD, July 12: An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale jolted Chitral, other parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as well as Islamabad on Thursday. According to Meteorological Office, the epicentre of the quake was 194 kilometres deep in the Hindukush. Moderate tremors were felt in Islamabad and parts of Punjab including Rawalpindi, Lahore, Jehlum, Sargodha, […]
CHITRAL, July 12: Some 530 community midwives have been deployed under the Maternal Newborn and Child Health Programme (MNCH) in Chitral. Recently, 102 community midwives were trained at the CMW School in Danin and out of them about 27 were sent to the field. In this connection, a function was held at District Health Development
CHITRAL, July 11: Eight persons were killed and four others sustained serious injuries when a jeep carrying them from Upper Dir to Chitral fell into a deep ravine on the bank of Ziarat nullah near Mirkhani on Wednesday afternoon. The dead included driver Gul Badshah and Rafiqullah from Upper Dir, Mohammad Adil and Raz Mohammad
CHITRAL, July 10: The tourists in Shandur were irritated by the political speeches made during the interval of polo matches, saying they had gone there to enjoy the festival not to listen to the tedious speeches of politicians. Talking to this correspondent on the occasion of the final match of Shandur polo festival, the people
CHITRAL, July 9: Non-governmental organizations (NGOs), especially the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), have laid a wide network of small hydropower stations across Chitral’s far-off villages, bringing revolutionary changes in the lives of the residents. However, due to the poor planning by the project sponsors, most of the time these power houses remain out of
