CHITRAL: Police have recovered five vehicles that were stolen from Karachi and brought to Chitral some time in the past. The recoveries were made during a special drive launched by the police after collecting data about stolen vehicles from across … Read more ↪
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms Makhdoom Khusro Bukhtiar said Rs63 billion have been earmarked for different projects in Chitral. Of this amount, Rs32 billion have been released and spent on the schemes. The minister was responding to a … Read more ↪
OVEER: Scores of children belonging to Riri and nearby villages of Oveer in Upper Chitral held a protest demonstration against shortage of drinking and irrigation water in their area. Children protest against water crisis in Riri village of Oveer in … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: The selection of ‘inappropriate’ timings and days by the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) for Chitral is resulting in frequent cancellation of flights and inconvenience to the passengers. The passengers complained that the airline had curtailed the number of flights … Read more ↪
BOONI: A large number of Nigahbans from different parts of Mastuj subdivision continued their protest on the third consecutive day here on Wednesday demanding payment of their 14 months’ stuck up salaries. The protesters also held a rally and chanted … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: Like the Negahbans of the forest and wildlife departments, scores of women teachers belonging to the Basic Community Schools in Chitral on Monday held a protest demonstration outside the DC Office here against non-payment of their salaries for seven … Read more ↪
BOONI: Hundreds of Nigahbans hired by the forest and wildlife departments restarted their protest and held a rally here on Monday demanding payment of their salaries unpaid for over 14 months. They said despite repeated demands and protests the departments … Read more ↪
BOONI: A suspected Congo virus case has been reported to a local hospital but results of the laboratory tests on samples collected from the patient to confirm the disease are awaited. The suspected patient is said to be an Afghan … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: The consumer court of Chitral has declared void the rate of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) set by the deputy commissioner. The court took the decision on an application filed by local PTI leader Aminur Rehman. The applicant maintained that … Read more ↪
BOONI: At a meeting held with Muhammad Nabi Khan in the chair at the PTDC motel, scores of Nigahbans repeated their demand for the release of their salaries stuck up for 14 months. The meeting was attended by Nigahbans from … Read more ↪
ISLAMABAD: The National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) has taken notice of a complaint that stone tablets and tombstones with inscriptions about customs, laws and traditions of the Kalasha people are being broken and used by local people and others … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: A 250-bed hospital announced by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif during his visit to Chitral in Sept 2016 has been shelved as the provincial government failed to provide the required 75 acres of land on the ground of its … Read more ↪
YARKHUN: Before the visit of His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan to Chitral to give Didar to his followers in Dec 2017, the local volunteers belonging to both the Ismaili and Sunni communities repaired the dilapidated roads from far-off villages … Read more ↪
PESHAWAR: The revenue department of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Tuesday issued the notification of the new district of Upper Chitral with Booni as its headquarters. The provincial cabinet in its meeting on November 8 had approved bifurcation of the province’s largest … Read more ↪
BOONI: Hundreds of people hired in phases by the forest and wildlife departments as Nigahbans of saplings planted under the previous KP government’s Billion Tree Tsunami Afforestation Project (BTTAP) are still waiting for the payment of their 14 months’ salaries. In … Read more ↪
PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan at a cabinet meeting on Thursday directed the immediate issuance of a notification regarding the creation of the Upper Chitral district. Presiding over the meeting, the chief minister said it was a promise … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: The health department has allowed Aga Khan Health Services (AKHS) to charge Rs30 per child for vaccination in three remote union councils of Chitral. The matter came under discussion at a meeting of the district polio eradication committee chaired … Read more ↪
ISLAMABAD: The electro-mechanical (E&M) work at the Lowari Tunnel is under procurement stage and it is expected that it would be completed two years after its commencement. An official of the National Highway Authority (NHA) told APP here on Tuesday … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: On the special direction of Deputy Commissioner Khurshid Alam Mahsud, the Child Protection Unit (CPU) conducted an operation against child labour in the Chitral bazaar. Instructions and notices were served on vegetable and fruit vendors, hotel owners and shopkeepers … Read more ↪
Report Kamal A. Jamil DROSH: The bodies of the four people buried by an avalanche in Goren Gol, Shishi Koh, on Saturday were recovered on Sunday evening, local nazim Moulana Saifullah confirmed to ChitralToday. The pour people had gone missing … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: The autumn colours in different valleys of Chitral offer captivating patterns but there are no, or very few, tourists to enjoy the yellow, red and golden foliage. The villages of Booni, Mastuj, Khot, Garam Chashma, Oveer, Terich, Laspur, Awi-Dumadumi, … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: As many as 11 reinforced concrete cement (RCC) bridges over rivers in Chitral will be delayed by another year due to inadequate allocation of only Rs10 million against the required amount of Rs279 million by the finance department of … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: A young drug addict set his own house on fire after his mother refused to give him money to buy charas, police said. The incident occurred in the Broz village near Chitral town on Tuesday night. Staff from Rescue … Read more ↪
ISLAMABAD: The PTI government has annulled the bidding processes for three road infrastructure projects in Chitral. According o documents available with ChitralToday, the National Highway Authority (NHA) in a notice stated that bidding process for the construction of Garam Chashma … Read more ↪
ISLAMABAD: (APP): Minister of State for Communications Murad Saeed on Monday said the government was determined to undertake road building schemes to accelerate pace of economic development in the country. Work on Chakdara-Chitral road and Chitral-Gilgit-Baltistan road would be started … Read more ↪
PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has directed his adviser on education to ensure an exemplary educational environment in girl schools throughout the province. There should be a complete ban on the entry of males in girls’ schools and the schools … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: Over 1,500 were facilitated at a three-day free eye camp held at the DHQ hospital, which has been without an eye specialist for over three years. The medical camp was arranged by an NGO, Umma Welfare Trust, in collaboration … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: Installation of solar-powered pumping machines to lift water from rivers is said to be the only viable option available with the government to cope with the drought-like situation in Chitral and support the agro-based economy as the mode is … Read more ↪
DROSH: The administration of the Tehsil Headquarters (THQ) Hospital Drosh trampled the environment rules and safety standards by openly burning huge quantity of waste and garbage on the premises of the hospital that not only caused suffocation to the patients … Read more ↪
ISLAMABAD: Environment activists, political and civil society representatives at a gathering highlighted climate change vulnerabilities of Chitral and also called upon the PTI government to take action against the timber mafia that has been active in the valley for years. … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: The PTI government has shelved another project to reconstruct and widen the road from Terich to Lot Ovir, it has been learnt by ChitralToday. A letter written by the National Highway Authority (NHA) to ABM Engineers – Karachi in JV … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: Members of Senate standing committee on less developed areas headed by Senator Usman Kakar and comprising Sardar Azam Khan Musakhel and Momin Khan on Friday reached Chitral and attended a briefing at the DC office. Deputy Commissioner Khurshid Alam … Read more ↪
At a meeting chaired by Commissioner Malakand Division at his office to review the operation of the Lowari Tunnel and progress on the construction of the its approach roads, a representative of the National Highway Authority (NHA) stated that the … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: Former MPA Salim Khan has condemned misbehaviour by Dir Scouts with MNA Moulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali. In a statement, Mr Khan, who is also an ex-provincial minister, said the treatment meted out to the elected representative of the 600,000 … Read more ↪
اتوار کے روز لواری ٹنل کے چترال سائیڈ پر رونما ہونے والے ناخوشگوار واقعے پر چترال سکاوٹس کے نمائندے نے وضاحت جاری کرتے ہوئے کہا ہے کہ لواری ٹنل کو پبلک ٹرانسپورٹ کیلئے کھولنے کے اقات مقرر کرنا خالصتاََ این … Read more ↪