The nights are bone chillingly cold in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Chitral district — especially for those who have to sleep out in the open because their houses were destroyed in the aftermath of the deadly October 26 earthquake. For Ahmed Shah and many other residents, it is an ordeal to endure these nights. "I shiver all throughout the night despite wrapping myself in a blanket and a heavy quilt," Shah says. The mercury is falling in KP's Malakand division with temperatures plummeting below freezing in Chitral, which has also seen snow and heavy rain. The massive October 26 quake wreaked destruction in upper districts of KP which is situated near the epicentre, and shares...
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