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Coronavirus claims 9 more lives in KP PESHAWAR: The deadly coronavirus claimed nine more lives and infected 458 people in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Monday. With the latest fatalities, the death toll from the infectious disease rose to 4,477 in KP. The viral infection has infected 1,45,306 people in the province so far. Of nine fatalities, five were reported from Peshawar alone. Peshawar has lost 2,166 people to the infectious disease since the outbreak of the pandemic in 2020. Besides Peshawar, two patients each died in Swat and Abbottabad.Of 458 positive cases, Peshawar reported 215, Abbottabad...

River destroys link road, fertile land in Upper Chitral July 29, 2021 BOONI: The gushing Yarkhun River destroyed the only link road between two villages and hundreds of acres of fertile land in Upper Chitral, the locals said on Wednesday. “The river has not only destroyed our fertile land of hundreds of acres but also washed away the link road to Khuzh and Deewangul villages,” said Illahi Bakhsh Lal. He said the river had changed its course last year and had washed away their hundreds of acres of land and fruit orchards and trees. “We had contacted the authorities concerned with a req...

Corona kills seven in KP July 29, 2021 PESHAWAR: The coronavirus has started spreading due to multiple factors in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and claimed seven lives and infected 399 people on Wednesday. It is stated to be the highest death toll in the fourth wave. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has lost 4435 people as a result of coronavirus since the outbreak of the infectious disease in 2020. Also, 142799 people had suffered from the Covid-19 in KP and 135687 successfully recovered. According to health experts, they had noted a rise in coronavirus cases in the province after Eidul Adha. There were different ...

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...

PPP leader blasts govt for abandoning uplift projects in Chitral July 14, 2021 CHITRAL: Former provincial minister Salim Khan on Tuesday said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government had abandoned the ongoing development projects let alone initiating mega schemes in the Upper Chitral and Lower Chitral districts. “Our both the districts are still faced with backwardness despite the eight years of the PTI government in the province,” he told a press conference here. Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) local activists Engr Fazal Rabi Jan, Alamzeb advocate, Muhammad Hakim advocate, Qazi F...