CHITRAL: Street vendors, mostly pushcart holders, selling fruits and vegetables in Chitral bazaar on Saturday took out a protest rally and later held a press conference against local traders and the traffic police for allegedly harassing them and trying to deprive them of their right to earn a livelihood for their families. The vendors launched […]
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CHITRAL: District Health Officer (DHO) Dr Israrullah has relinquished charge upon the completion of his three-year tenure under the health department’s service tenure system. DHO Chitral transferred. Till the appointment of a new DHO, the charge has been given to Dr Rehman Afridi, the medical superintendent (MS) of the District Headquarters Hospital Chitral.
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CHITRAL: A vehicle carrying armymen to Shndur for security duty during the three-day festival to begin on July 29 overturned in Harchin Gol in the Laspur valley. However, no one was injured. The incident occurred due to a fault in the vehicle. It may be noted that a large number of personnel of the army,
Talking to ChitralToday on Thursday, he said that at present only one assistant commissioner, Hameedullah Khattak, and one tehsildar are performing duties in the whole tehsil while a number of posts of additional ACs and tehsildars remain vacant for long. Mr Hakim said that upper Chitral spreads over 8400 square kilometers area and due to the
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A temporary bridge was built by army which was unsafe. People demanded a proper bridge be built but it looks like the authorities and political leaders have lost their senses. Few months ago, while travelling to Kosht five lives were lost as the vehicle ended up falling in the river due to the collapse of
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It is evident by perusal of Karim Ullah’s article that he has no knowledge and information about the history, culture and geography of Shandur. He has neither studied the fiction of Mr. Sarfaraz Shah nor read the Haqaiq Nama on Shandur. He has no right to spoil papers writing on a rejected MOU and re-agitate
One of the valleys hard hit and cut off after its track was washed away is the Broghil valley. Due to the recent flooding in the local Gols, the narrow jeep-able road at Kishmanja was washed away 10 days ago. It may be mentioned that the portion of the track at Kishmanja was rebuilt by
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CHITRAL, Aug 21: This bridge near Mastuj in upper Chitral was constructed during the tenure of former president Pervez Musharraf. It provides an all-weather access route to Mastuj, Laspur and Yarkhun valleys. The Aug 2015 flash floods played havoc with the haggard road infrastructure in Chitral. Scores of bridges connecting different sub-valleys with each other
BOONI: The Chitral-Mastuj road was again blocked after flooding in Nisur Gol today. The road blockade caused immense hardship to travellers as hundreds of people were seen stranded on both sides of the stream. It has been learnt that the road has been partially blocked by stream flooding in many parts of Yarkhun as well.
