Zar Alam Khan ISLAMABAD: Timber smugglers in Chitral have become active to counter a potential crackdown by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government, following satellite imagery revealing large-scale destruction of forests in Arandu, once a lush green valley along the Afghan border in southwestern Chitral. A delegation of leaders from various political parties and environment activists in […]
Zar Alam Khan The disqualification of MNA Abdul Latif is not just a political development; it is a direct insult to the democratic will of the people of Chitral. Elected with a resounding mandate in the 2024 general elections, Latif was removed by the Election Commission following his conviction by a court in Islamabad, while
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Zar Alam Khan | Chitral Today The decision by a so-called consultative committee to bar Ismaili butchers from supplying meat to Chitral city, restricting their business to a small street; in other words portraying the entire community as pariahs, marks a dangerous precedent in the region\’s communal harmony. Equally troubling is the failure of both
Zar Alam Khan In recent weeks, reports have been received about rampant ibex hunting in different parts of Chitral after the wildlife department introduced a scheme issuing permits to local people for hunting the wild goats at very low fees. Such hunting reports have been received from Mroi, Booni, Mastuj, Brep, Dewangol; Ujnu Gol in
CHITRAL: A large number people remained stranded on Chitral-Mastuj and other roads in both Lower and Upper Chitral after heavy rains caused flooding and landsliding early on Tuesday. The Chitral-Mastuj road was blocked at different points such as Kari, Ragh, Koghuzi, Shader-Reshun and in front of Booni. Bridges over nullahs at Koghuzi and Ragh have
CHITRAL: Floods in different areas of both Lower and Upper Chitral have hit scores of sub-valleys damaging public and private properties besides cutting off the areas. A youth reportedly drowned in the river in Mirkhani in Lower Chitral while two children were saved after they fell into floodwater in Khruzg village of Yarkhun. The children
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RAWALPINDI: Army responded to armed men during the peace march in Bannu in accordance with its SOP, said ISPR Director General Ahmad Sharif Chaudhry. Addressing a news conference in Rawalpindi, the army spokesman said that eight army personnel embraced martyrdom in a terrorist attack in Bannu. Later, local people held a peace rally which was
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Zar Alam Khan For about 20 years, Asif Ali and his relatives have struggled to reclaim the flooded land on which once stood their homes and gardens. However, GLOFs pour water on their hopes after every one or two years by bringing down more boulders and debris from the glacier. \”It\’s our misfortune or the
Zar Alam Khan Without any tangible help coming from the government in the wake of the devastating rains and floods, people in most parts of Upper Chitral are facing an acute shortage of seeds to cultivate wheat in October and November. To compound the miseries of the populace hit hard by the floods and unprecedented
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Zar Alam Khan While the long snowy winter is around the corner in Upper Chitral, families displaced by floods in remote Yarkhun valley are struggling with shortage of food and absence of shelter as help is not reaching them due to accessibility issues. The floods washed away 74 houses in three villages of Yarkhun and
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