CHITRAL: Rescue operation by local volunteers and youth from Gujar tribe continued on Monday to recover dead bodies of two persons who were hit by avalanche at Lawari top.

A man and his son working for the PTCL are reportedly killed after an avalanche buried them near Lowari top on Chitral side. SHO police station Ashriat, Inspector Muzzafar Shah told this on phone that Noor Uddin and his son Ubaidullah, residents of Naghra in Drosh, were working as watchmen of the PTCL tower on the Lowari top.—INP