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AKFED\’s one MW solar power plant inaugurated in Hunza

HUNZA: A one-megawatt solar photovoltaic power plant (SPP) with 600kWh battery storage was inaugurated in Hunza district of Gilgit-Baltistan on Friday. NPak Energy Limited, a subsidiary of the Industrial Promotion Services (IPS), the industrial and infrastructure development arm of the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED), commissioned the project. It sets a unique precedent

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Senior journalist waits for action against \’attackers\’

CHITRAL: Police have registered a first information report (FIR) against three laborers working on the under-construction Chitral-Booni road on the charge of physically assaulting and threatening senior journalist Gul Hamaad Farooqui. However, no further action has been initiated against the nominated persons.  According to the FIR, Faqooqui was returning home at Shahmiran Deh in Chitral

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FC chief urge students to exercise caution on social media

PESHAWAR: Faculty members and students from various universities and colleges of Chitral, Bajaur, Mohmand, Khyber, Swat and Dir visited Fort Balahisar Peshawar on Wednesday. They met Inspector General Frontier Corps North Major General Noor Wali Khan. They were given a briefing on the areas of responsibility of Frontier Corps, highlighting the measures taken for peace

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SIFC – an economic revival plan 

Col (r) Ikram Ullah Khan  Amidst the continuing depressive and dismal economic environment that has been prevailing around during the past few decades barring General Pervez Musharraf\’s tenure (2000 to 2008), the need for a representative forum like SIFC had long been felt that could facilitate foreign investment to revive the country\’s moribund economy. For

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