Lower Chitral bans glacier ice cutting under section 144

Lower Chitral bans glacier ice cutting under section 144

The district administration of Lower Chitral has submitted a detailed report to the Peshawar High Court (PHC) confirming the imposition of a ban on the cutting, transportation, and sale of glacial ice in the area. The move comes in response to judicial directives aimed at curbing illegal harvesting of glaciers, which poses a serious threat to the fragile ecological balance in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa's northern regions. In its written reply filed with…