CHITRAL NEWS & VIEWS
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Glimpse of Chitral Valley
Chitral is the farthest North district of Pakistan. Now it has been bifurcated into two districts namely Upper and Lower Chitral. Historically it has been a sovereign territory since early history. Buddhist , Khows, Kalash and Muslims ruled chitral news valley in different intervals.
The last rulers were the Katooray tribe whose members still enjoy high positions in Chitral. The two main sects of Muslims in Chitral valley Are Sunni Muslims 70 percent and Ismailia Muslims 30 percent.
Chitral is home to the ancient Kalash tribe which makes it a great tourist attraction. It also homes Pakistan’s longest road tunnel namely Lowari Tunnel (8.5 Km). Magnificent mountains with a Terichmir peak beautiful, peaceful, and tourist-friendly people also with 6th highest peak in the world.
First Online Publication Site in Chitral
Chitral was always devoid of adequate communication facilities. During WW II, the ruler employed a ‘specialist’ to listen to BBC News on the only radio which belonged to the ruler and translates news about the war. I launched CHITRAL NEWS in 1993 first as a weekly Urdu newspaper named ‘Hindukush Chitral’.
In 2003 when the internet became available I transferred the paper to an online mode after renaming it as CHITRAL-NEWS. It stand out as the pioneer of honest and bold journalism in Chitral and has shown the way to many other online publications.
Published online and updated multiple times a day- CHITRAL NEWS
It is the only publication from Chitral syndicated by Google for reporting news on Chitral. Chitral News also enjoys a high page ranking of 5 on Google page rank which depicts the high quality of its readers. It has a decent presence on Facebook with over 4000 likes.
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- The ‘Sharafat’ of Chitralis manifested in Lowari Tunnel projectPublished on: 14/01/2021 Comments: 1Dear Sir, I had lodged a complaint on Citizen's portal about the uncalled for blocking of the Lowari tunnel for passenger vehicles at frequent intervals throughout the day. The response I have… Read Further >>
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- Chitral’s luxury bus service sets a good examplePublished on: 11/01/2021 Comments: 0CHITRAL: Almost every service available to the residents of the districts of Chitral is more or less substandard. Despite God gifted natural beauty, majestic mountains and flowing rivers, Chitralis are condemned to… Read Further >>
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- Number of chinar trees on the decline in ChitralPublished on: 09/01/2021 Comments: 0.. by Zahiruddin Chitral Fort is one of the few places with chinar trees.-Dawn “In past, a stranger entering any village of Chitral would pause for a while to look for a… Read Further >>
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- DPO vows to combat drug menace, female suicide trendPublished on: 08/01/2021 Comments: 0CHITRAL: As a first, a lady District Police Officer Lower Chitral, Ms Sonia Shamrroz has expressed resolve to combat the menace of drug pedalling and consumption in Chitral. She was addressing her… Read Further >>
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