How does it feel to be last human being on this planet? Or what should be the role of human being in the midst of unprecedented anthro-created disorders i.e. ecological, biological, political, geological etc.? These questions not only provoke profound sense of urgency but also put us [human species] in a precarious situation where we have not option but to …

Chilghoza harvesting toolkits distributed among local collectors in Chitral to ensure sustainable harvesting of chilghoza pine nuts FAO under Chilghoza Project with the support of KP Forest Department Chitral distributed toolkits for sustainable chilghoza harvesting in Chitral   CHITRAL: Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) Under the Project Reversing Deforestation and Degradation in High Conservation Value Chilgoza Pine Forests in Pakistan …

A new renting service is initiated in Booni Bazar by the famous environmentalist and activist Mr. Rehmat Ali Jaffar Dost. The aim of this initiative is to make renting services better for the people of Booni. Some of the services that this business would offer include renting of camping and other travel gears, cameras, tent, generator, sound system, multimedia system, …

Chitral is one of the most religious and patriarchal societies in the country.  In a rural patriarchal society like Chitral, women are the ones who bear the difficult task of family care and related domestic burden i.e. child bearing, cleaning, cooking, work in fields etc. It does not mean that men are only idle perpetrators or having luxurious lives like …

A national football tournament was organized by The Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology (GIK) in Swabi from the 31st of January to the 2nd of February 2020. This was a national competition in which 45 teams from around Pakistan participated including teams from Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Kashmir, etc. Out of all the teams, the team of …

Water is an indispensable element for all creatures and for our earth as a whole. It is extremely important that an agricultural country should have enough water to support its food security and to ensure sustainable development. Unfortunately, according to the IMF report, Pakistan ranks third among countries most affected by water scarcity. Likewise, last year, the Pakistan council of …

Chitral Heritage and Environmental Protection Society started its activities for the year 2019 in February. The year was kicked off from a motorbike awareness rally from Booni, Upper Chitral with the mission of “Clean and Green Pakistan” and “Save Pakistan”. This awareness campaign was done in collaboration with Chitral Bikers Club and the team traveled throughout Pakistan all the way …

Valley Arkari is a small isolated and happened to be one of the most inaccessible mountainous regions located on the verge of the Pak-Afghan border.  Millennium Model School (MMS) is one of the premier educational institutes of this region. Likewise, the same school having momentous importance in the history of Arkari, especially for being pioneer English medium school, like that …

It is a story of a man, unfortunately, narrated at the closure of his life, who with a candle in his hand came – from the tepid lap of the glorious Terichmir – down to the down hilly areas of Drosh and illuminated the barren minds, down here. It is a story of a missionary knight who with his mighty …

Ejaz Ullah is one of the young workers who come to Karachi from the far-flung mountainous region of the country, Chitral Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He has been working, first as a dishwasher in a small hotel and then as a chips maker, street food, for the last five years. Like other fellows, Ejaz and his elder brother are living in a …