by Karim Ullah The Khor bridge: Perhaps, one of the longest suspension bridges in the region, the 1,200ft bridge was built in 1999 by the Sarhad Rural Support Programme (SRSP) with the financial assistance of Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) which connects four mountainous villages in remote Sheshi Khor valley. Earlier people of the surrounding four valleys used to cross …
Young people select their future life partner; tourists complain about dilapidated roads, lack of facilities in Kalash valley By Karimullah & Gul Hammad Farooqi CHITRAL: The three-day Uchawo festival concluded at Bumburet here on Thursday amid great fanfare, dances, music, prayers and pledges for spending life together by young couples at Bumburet, Kalash valley of Chitral District. The festival …
Herald Report CHITRAL: Three people died and four sustained injuries as under-repair water pipeline fell into Chitral river on Saturday, police and local rescue service sources told The High Asia Herald. Local people were busy in repairing the main pipelines running over the Chitral River in Mori Payeen village, 30km away from here. The incident occurred when one of the …
Three Chinese mining experts fell into a river as wooden bridges breaks down By Gul Hammaad Farooqi CHITRAL, Aug 3: Three Chinese nationals have fallen into a river near Mastuj, upper Chitral, due to breaking of a worn out wooden bridge, police and rescue service officials told The High Asia Herald. One of them has died while two others …
By Gul Hammad Farooqi CHITRAL: In order to create awareness among the general public about the Right to Public Services Law a seminar was organized by the Commission in Garam Chashma area of Chitral on Tuesday. The Right to Service Commission Chief Commissioner Muhammad Mushtaq Jadoon was the chief guest on the occasion. While addressing the participants, the District Monitoring …
Floods caused by glacier lake outburst on July 7 damaged road, bridges, water supply line and houses Luke Rehmat and Gul Hammad Farooqi Gollen: The recent floods caused by outburst of a glacier lake have wreaked havoc in the picturesque Gollen valley of Chitral, local reporters said. The floods caused by glacier outburst (GLOF) on July 7 reportedly devastated the …
Qudrat Ali and Saad Munawar traverse 665km through Himalays, Karakoram and Hindu Kush ranges in 23 days Abdullah Bai Islamabad July 18: Two Pakistani climbers have set a new world record by completing traverse of three mountain ranges in Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral. Qudrat Ali, a famous climber from Shimshal valley in upper Hunza and Saad Munawar, a student from …
Over 20,000 tourists and spectators enjoyed the three-day Shandur festival that ended on Tuesday amid dance, music, and paragliding show By Karim Ullah CHITRAL, July 9: Chitral retained its title and won trophy sixth consecutive time beating Gilgit-Baltistan by 6-5 goals after the sensational contest on the final match on Tuesday. The three-day mega annual cultural-cum-sports event ended amid …
Haider Ali questions the role of South’s elite class in running community organizations and marginalization of GBC By Haider Ali Shakespeare in his two classic masterpieces Hamlet and Merchant of Venice has exposed the aristocracy and upper classes’ corruption, immorality, their oppressive behaviour towards the middle and lower classes, their victimization, exploitation, and commodification of the poor through rituals. The …
Fatehul Mulk Ali Nasir reflects on Chitral’s place in what was once a largely Buddhist region Fatehul Mulk Ali Nasir Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa was once Gandhara, one of the earliest centres of Buddhism. The Peshawar Valley, in particular, has several archaeological sites dating to the Buddhist era with Takht Bhai in Mardan and Ranigat in Swabi being among the most well known. …
