I S T A C H
A small village (containing 86 houses and 639 people, houses built by mud, stones and wooden roof over them) is called Istach. It is 25 km away eastward from Mastuj and about 136 km away from Chitral. Lush fields full of wheat, maize and other crops bordered by attractive green grass. Different verities of fruit i.e apple, grapes, peach pear. mulberries are available here. People are very simple and good. Two schools Primary (for boys) and Middle (for girls) built by Government, and a community based Primary school (English Medium) started by the villagers. No hospital or dispensary available here. The unpopulated deserts "Khotanlasht" stretched in eastward and "Scienogh" is in southward. There are dry high mountains in north, north west and western side. The villagers are suffering from the shortage of irrigating water because there is no glacier or spring water on the mountains. In cold season when snow falls, it remains freeze on the top of the mountains the