Three killed as vehicle falls into gorge in Upper Chitral
July 18, 2021
CHITRAL: Three persons, including a woman and a child, were killed and 11 others sustained injuries when a van fell into a ravine near Reshun village in Upper Chitral on Saturday.
Police and eyewitnesses said that the vehicle, which was on its way to Booni from Peshawar.
“The driver lost control over the steering while negotiating a turn at Doomon Gol and the vehicle fell into the gorge,” said an eyewitness.
He said the driver of the van and passengers died on the spot. The deceased were identified as Hamid Ali Shah (driver), Shabana and Syed Hassan.
Daily Times
July 12, 2021
Amid sizzling temperature of above 40 degree centigrade coupled with long hours, unannounced power outages have started adversely affecting people and industrial production owing to a substantial energy shortfall of about 600 megawatt in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa gripped by severe heat wave since the start of this month.
As sun is spewing out severe heat, people in Peshawar’s peripheries, southern districts including Bannu and Dera Ismail Khan besides merged areas were witnessing the brunt of
load-shedding for about 10-14 hours daily, especially on high loss feeders forcing consumers to install solar systems, purchase generators and UPS besides water pools to protect their loved ones from the scorching heat.
PESHAWAR: Expressing grief over destruction of a major road, houses and land in Reshun village by the river, former Member National Assembly from Chitral Shahzada Iftikharuddin on Saturday appealed.
PESHAWAR: Uncertainty prevailed in Upper Chitral as the gushing river is about to sweep away the main road connecting the district with the rest of the country at Reshun village.The political.
PESHAWAR: The political leaders, members of civil society and journalists on Thursday urged the government to take prompt steps for controlling widespread soil erosion and protection of houses and.