Tag Archives: Chitral

Snowfall (Feb 7, 2011) pics Gilgit Chitral Murree & Abbotabad, Gilgit, Chilas, Hunza, Nagir, Ghizer, Astore, Skardu

Lowari Tunnel Closed due to Heavy snowfall at lowari top and its mountains: Road approaching to Chitral from other sides of Pakistan closed.

Snowfall began in Murree, Astore, Chitral, Lowari Top, Azad Kashmir areas of Lipah, Neelam Valley and Sadhan Galli with light scattered rain in Upper Areas

Smallest group amongst the religious minorities of Pakistan. Unlike the other minorities, they live exclusively in a particular geographical area. Three valleys of Birir, Bumburet and Rumbur known locally as Kafirastan.

Shandur pass at the elevation of 12,200 feet or 3,700 meters is a high mountain pass that connects Gilgit Baltistan region to the Chitral valley in Pakistan. The top is flat, a plateau and can be crossed between late April and early November.

Chitral is located in Malakand division of Khyber Pukhtunkhwah, Chitral is connected to the rest of Pakistan by just two roads: one to Gilgit over the Shandur Pass and one to Swat via the Lowari Pass. From the Swat Valley you need to cross another high pass, the Malakand, to reach the frontier city of Peshawar