old forces Chakors to descend into town
CHITRAL: A rare but interesting phenomenon concerning wildlife was witnessed in Chitral town Saturday when many of the ‘Chakors’ (red-legged partridge) descended to the lower pastures and villages and some strayed into the bazaar of the town from uphill forests due to heavy snow there. The town is flanked by Chitral Gol National Park and has reasonable stock of the species which is also the national bird of Pakistan. The medium-sized bird known for its elegance and beauty has been declared as one of the endangered species and has a considerable population in the national park at its higher altitude whose hunting is strictly prohibited. Due to the heavy snowfall of the other days in the district, the immense cold and lack of food has forced the birds to migrate to lower altitudes. The flocks of birds were seen flying downward at sun rise. People were seen chasing the beleaguered bird throughout the day. Affected by the severe cold, the birds were not able to fly with ease and were seen being captured by the boys alive. A person told this scribe that he saw a young man capturing as many as twelve birds simultaneously
Politicians castigate CAA for negligence
CHITRAL: Former MNA Moulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali and district Ameer JI Moulana Ghulam Muhammad in a joint press conference at Chitral have demanded from the prime minister and defense minister to take stern action against the airport manager of Chitral airport for his sheer negligence of duty to clear the runway of snow for the last three days. They said that the PIA flights could not be operated to Chitral as the runway of the airport is covered with snow while the weather is all clear and snow fall had stopped three days ago. They said that after the closure of Lowari Pass, PIA flights are the only source to connect the district with rest of the country. They said that the civil aviation authority (CAA) had no excuse to fail in the clearance of snow to enable the crucial flights operated. They said that flights were cancelled for eight days consecutively due to the inclement weather while for the last three days due to the snow on the runway of the airport. They said that the postal system has collapsed in the district and hundreds of government servants are stranded in Chitral who are not allowed officially to travel through the Kunar province of Afghanistan. They also demanded of the government to operate C-130 flights to Chitral to replenish the commodities of daily use in Chitral and lift the stranded passengers.
LAFH demanded for compensation to bereaved families of avalanche victims.
Legal Aid Forum for Human rights Chitral (LAFH) demanded for giving rupees 500000 to each bereaved family of those deceased persons who martyred under avalanche at Ziarat post. According to detail Niaz Ali Shah General Secretary of Legal Aid Forum for Human Rights Chitral (LAFH) while talking to local journalist demanded from the federal government ministry of interior to compensate each bereaved family upto 500000 of 7 official of Chitral scouts who were died under heavy avalanches at Ziarat post on January 7th. He said that federal government compensate bereaved families of such incidence in other provinces of the country and Human rights Chitral also demanding for compensation of bereaved families of Chitral avalanche victims. He said that those soldiers were deployed to save other people who restrained in snowfall or glaciers but unfortunately they were hit by avalanche personally as a result 7 officials were died while 7 were recovered live.
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