ISLAMABAD: Presiding over a meeting at the Ministry of Water and Power in Islamabad, an adviser to the prime minister he said 108 MW Golen Gol hydropower project would bring a green revolution in the area, adding 400 acres of land would be irrigated from the project. He directed WAPDA to complete laying of 200-kilometer-long […]
$4.5m allocated for snow leopard protection programme Snow leapords live in the high mountains of the Karakoram and Hindukush. They are mainly found in Baltistan, Chitral, Gilgit, Upper Swat Valley, and the slopes of Nanga Parbat. Their status was recently revised from ‘endangered’ to ‘vulnerable’ after an assessment by international experts. The ‘vulnerable’ classification means
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CHITRAL: An urban forestry campaign was launched in the town in presence of officers of line departments, NGOs representatives and people from civil societies. Speaking on the occasion, the additional deputy commissioner said urban forestry is the only solution to the environmental pollution. “Tree plantation plays an important role in eliminating environmental pollution, therefore, people
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China has included the Rs20bn Gilgit-Chitral road in the CPEC project. An official close to the matter revealed that the decision was taken at the fifth meeting of the CPEC Joint Working Group of Transport Infrastructure held in Karachi on Saturday. The meeting was attended by Communication Minister Dr Hafiz Abdul Kareem, Communication Secretary Muhammad
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DROSH: A motorcyclist died after colliding with a car near Kesu village of Drosh. Inayatur Rehman, son of Gul Amir Afghan, was on his way to Kesu camp from Drosh when his bike collided with the car (APL-2016) coming from the opposite side. Rehman was taken to the THQ hospital Drosh where he succumbed to
