BOONI: A transformer with capacity of seven megawatt has been sent from Lahore to Chitral for installation at Jutilasht to provide uninterrupted power to Upper Chitral as well as the Koh area. Talking to ChitralToday, Tehreek Huqooq-e-Awam leader Muhammad Pervez … Read more ↪
Report: Muhammad Amin GARAM CHASHMA: The strategic and historical Dorah Pass from Shah Salim to Badakhshan province of Afghanistan is set to reopen after about 19 years, Union Council (UC) Lotkoh Nazim Muhammad Hussain told ChitralToday. The government has also decided … Read more ↪
KOGHUZI: Though the deputy commissioner has imposed Section 144 in lower Chitral, people of Koghuzi and Golen are set to hold a protest on Sunday morning. At a meeting of elected local government representatives and others today, it was decided … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: Director General Health KP Dr Muhammad Irshad Khan on Friday said he would soon issue a no-objection certificate (NOC) for the appointment of doctors and paramedical staff at the District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital Chitral in order to resolve the … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: The deadlock between the DC Chitral and the polo association was on Thursday resolved on the intervention of Commissioner Malakand Division Riaz Khan Mahsud and Shahzada Sikendarul Mulk was retained as the captain of Chitral A team for the … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: A meeting called by district nazim Maghfirate Shah and DDAC chairman Wazirzada MPA discussed arrangements to welcome chief and other guests at the Shandur festival and Chiral’s issues to be presented before them for solution. The meeting held at … Read more ↪
BOONI: Notables from Upepr Chitral and leaders of Tehreek Huqooq-e-Awam on Wednesday said the unceremonious removal of Chitral A team captain Shahzada Sikendarul Mulk by the deputy commissioner was a direct attack on the culture of Chitral. Addressing a press … Read more ↪
By Zulfiqar Ahmad ISLAMABAD: The fate of the three-day Shandur polo festival slated to take place from July 7 hangs in the balance after Deputy Commissioner Chitral Khurshid Alam Mahsud started calling the shots in team selection despite not being … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: The Chitral Polo Association, consisting of four civilian teams, on Tuesday announced to boycott the Shandur festival 2019 against DC lower Chitral’s unilateral decision to drop Shahzada Sikendar from the team. The decision was announced at a press conference … Read more ↪
MASTUJ: The protest sit-in at Mastuj bridge by people of Mastuj, Laspur and Yarkhun demanding construction of roads to their areas was on Monday afternoon called off after government assurance that work on the roads would be started in September … Read more ↪
ISLAMABAD: Chitral A polo team captain Shahzada Sikendarul Mulk on Monday said Deputy Commissioner lower Chitral removed his name from the polo team for Shandur festival 2019 by over-ruling the decision of the selection committee. Talking to ChitralToday on phone … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: The deputy commissioner of Lower Chitral on Sunday announced the names of polo players included in five polo teams that will take part in the annual three-day Shandur festival starting from July 7. Surprisingly, however, the name of Shahzada … Read more ↪
MASTUJ: People of Mastuj, Laspur and Yarkhun on Sunday again gathered at Mastuj bridge to stage a sit-in demanding construction of the roads to their areas. The people of these three union councils held a protest on June 24 and … Read more ↪
LASPUR: People of Laspur have called upon the KP government and the chief Justice of Peshawar High Court (PHC) to order an investigation into the alleged misuse of funds allocated for the establishment of a hydro powerhouse in the area … Read more ↪
DRSOH: Brigaade Commander Panakot Upper Dir Briagdier Abbas Haider inaugurated an education project of SRSP in Arandu union council. The inaugural ceremony held in Damil, a village situated in Pak-Afghan border, was attended by Lt-Col Sharjeel Shah Muhammad, Manager Operation … Read more ↪
Laspur valley of Chitral is rich in water resources and tourism potential and there is a need to prepare a plan for exploitation of these resources for the betterment of the area people. This was stated by Irshad Saboor, a … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: Naib nazim Mastuj tehsil Fakhruddin on Thursday criticized the KP government and the district administration for transferring Class-IV employees on the basis of their domicile from lower Chitral to the new district of Upper Chitral. Addressing a press conference … Read more ↪
YARKHUN: A Mazda carrying cement bags fell off a bridge in front of Yukum village on Thursday morning but the driver remained safe. The Mazda (AG 4530) was loaded with 80 bags of cement and going to Meragram No 2. … Read more ↪
HUNZA: In this district of Gilgit-Baltistan flanked by soaring mountain ranges and glaciers, plastic shopping bags are now illegal. In late April, the provincial government banned their use, purchase, export or import in an effort to cut plastic waste and … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: There are complaints about large scale irregularities in the measurement and recording of land by the revenue department as the deadline to end the process approaches. The residents have asked the Revenue Department to extend the deadline for land … Read more ↪
MASTUJ: With the launch of the protest by people of Mastuj, Yarkhun and Laspur demanding construction of roads to their respective areas, there have been questions raised by different quarters about its timing. Leaders of the local chapter of the … Read more ↪
PESHAWAR: Minority MPA from Chitral Wazirzda has claimed that the PTI government will launch work on the construction of Garam Chashma road in the coming fiscal year. He was talking to member District Council Chitral from Karimabad Muhammad Yaqub and … Read more ↪
BOONI: The federal government has allocated Rs1 billion in its budget 2019-20 for construction of Shandur road, said additional deputy commissioner (ADC) Upper Chitral Muhammad Irfanuddin in a statement. He said the same road with the name of Gilgit-Chitral-Chakdara road … Read more ↪
MASTUJ: People of Mastuj, Laspur and Yarkhun on Monday blocked the Shandur road by staging a sit-in at Mastuj bridge as the deadline they had set for the government to make progress on construction of roads to their areas ended. … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: The power utility company has started pruning tree branches touching transmission lines in Chitral town. PESCO’s Subdivisional officer Engineer Sami Ullah said cutting of the tree branches would be carried out four hours every day. He said the objective … Read more ↪
PESHAWAR: Former provincial minister and PPP leader Salim Khan on Friday regretted that the PTI government has not proposed or allocated funds for any development project in the two most backward districts of Chitral. Speaking at a press conference at … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: A court here on Friday set aside an ex parte defamation decree against two journalists of ChitralToday. The additional district and sessions judge ruled that the decree dated March 22, 2017, was announced without hearing the editor and chief … Read more ↪
MASTUJ: If there is no tangible progress on the repair and reconstruction of Booni, Shandur and Yarkhun roads by June 24, the people of Mastuj will block the road to Shandur by staging a protest sit-in before the start of … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: A school employee has been sentenced to jail for attempting to rape a 16-year-old girl in Laspur, which led the girl to commit suicide two years ago. Judicial magistrate Sajid Ali Khan in Booni announced the verdict in which … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: Local leaders of outlawed Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) on Wednesday criticized the district administration for not allowing its central leaders to attend religious gatherings in Chitral. Speaking at a press conference here, ASWJ Chitral chief Molana Khosh Wali … Read more ↪
BOONI: The District Council Chitral on Tuesday passed a Rs4.69 billion revised budget for the fiscal year 2019-20, a major chunk of which – Rs3.95 billion – would be spent to met salary and non-salary expenses. The budget session of … Read more ↪
A Pakistani mountaineering official said on Tuesday that an army helicopter has rescued four Italian and two Pakistani climbers stranded after being hit by a snow avalanche in the Ishkoman Valley. A seven-member Pakistan-Italian friendship expedition comprising four Italian climbers led … Read more ↪
BOONI: Former governor Gilgit-Baltistan Pir Syed Karam Ali Shah on Monday made it clear that the land in Junalikoch has been his family property for generations but due to his long absence from Chitral because of his political and other … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: Five people charged with violence after an alleged blasphemy incident inside Shahi Masjid Chitral in April 2017 have finally been acquitted in the case by a local court. These people had been released on bail in 2018 five months … Read more ↪
AYUN: Passengers and tourists, especially women, have expressed their anguish over unavailability of waiting areas and washrooms on both sides of the Lowari tunnel. In the meanwhile, the passengers, especially women, suffer a lot while waiting under the open sky. … Read more ↪