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Markhor found dead in wildlife office

CHITRAL, Feb 28: A Markhor (wild goat), which is the national animal of Pakistan, is reported killed in the custody of wildlife department here. According to Divisional Forest Officer Wildlife Imtiaz Hussain Lal, the injured Markhor was recovered on Booni Road three days ago. He said the injured animal was taken to the wildlife department store […]

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Water shortage hits Booni

BOONI, Feb 28: A severe shortage of water has hit the town of Booni for about a week after the pipeline laid by WASEP  were damaged by avalanches during the recent rain/snowfall. The residents, especially women and children, are forced to fetch water from the river. The people of the area blamed the government for

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Registration of FIR against four C&W dept officials sought

Sajidullah Advocate submitted the application to the station house officer (SHO) Chitral for lodging the FIR against Muhammad Asif Imran, the executive engineer; Hammad Khan Orakzai, secretary C&W ; Ijaz Khan Yousafzai, chief engineer C&W, and Arshah Shaheen of Shaheen Construction Company, the contractor for the Chitral bypass road portion No 1 for the death

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Falling stone kills motorcyclist

CHITRAL, Feb 25: A motorcyclist was killed when a stone falling from a hill near Chew bridge hit him on Wednesday. His pillion rider remained unhurt. Reports said Abdul Halim, an employee of a medical store, was passing be the hillside when the stone hit him. He was taken to the DHQ hospital where he

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