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TIMERGARA: The Lower Dir police and security agencies on Wednesday foiled a terror bid and arrested a militant in a joint intelligence-based operation in Gul Dherai Gumbat Killay in Maidan, police.
Three people were wounded in separate incidents of firing on Saturday.According to the Saeedabad police, a man was injured in a firing incident in Baldia Town’s Sector 9A. Rescuers transported.
The fallen white mulberry tree. Dawn
CHITRAL: The historical tree of white mulberry in Singoor village of Chitral town fell to the ground as strong winds continue to lash the valley for the last two days. The tree has already completed its physical age of 200 years.
Dwarfing all the trees in the village, it was known as boekan mrach (the mulberry of birds) and had attained the height of about 100 feet, covering a circular area of over 20 feet radius.
The area elders said that as per tradition and tales transmitted orally from the past, its sapling was planted during the rule of Muhtaram Shah Katur II (1792 to 1837), the 10th ruler of Katur dynasty.