The three-day Broghil festival 2010 is set to be organized from July 28 to 30, 2010 at Teri Dast, the scenic venue near the Chiantar glacier in the Eastern Pamir region. The objective of the event is to create income earning opportunities for the Wakhi communities by attracting tourists in addition to protect the indigenous […]
Qaqlasht Festival 2010 Concluded
Jashan-e-Qaqlasht, the calendar spring festival of the people of northern Chitral was concluded yesterday after continuing from April 15 to 18. The festival has a history of about two thousand years, but was abandoned after Chitral’s status as a separate princedom came to an end in 1969, to be revived in 2003 through the intervention of […]
Climate Vigil Rally Chitral, Pakistan
A vigil rally in Booni, northern Chitral, Pakistan was organized through the facilitation of CAMAT [Chitral Association for Mountain Area Tourism]. The objectives of the placard bearing rally was to showcase solidarity and show support to the climate change SOS Copenhagen and to highlight the issues of climate change in the Hindu Kush mountains that […]
Kalash Celebrate International Climate Day of Action
CAMAT [Chitral Association for Mountain Area Tourism] celebrated International Climate Day of Action, Oct 24, 2009 in the Kalash valley of Rumbor, district Chitral with a philosophy of ‘think globally, act locally’ in mind. The theme of the day was “The Impacts of Global Warming on the Kalash Communities”. Kalash ECOCLUB, school students, local leadership […]
Heavy Snowfall in Chitral
Heavy snofall for the last more than a week has almost disrupted infrastructure creating unbearable communication, transportation and power shortage in the entire region of the Chitral district. Roads branching off to different valleys from Chitral town are hazard-prone and in some places snow avalanches has just blocked the the approach road. Transporters are less […]
Rafting in the Chitral River, Northern Pakistan
The Chitral River originates from Chiantar glacier at Broghil and runs through the Chitral valley. In different places the river is diverted to irrigate fields and orchards besides generating electricity and turning water mills. The water is icy cold in even in the grilling hot summer days. In the olden days, when there were no […]
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