Photos: Shah Nawaz Sana Razakhel[/caption] Due to the closure of the Lowari Pass after snowfall, hundreds of passengers remained stuck for hours as they were not allowed to use the tunnel on Thursday too. A resident of Drosh going home from Peshawar told ChitralToday on phone at 8:10pm on Friday that over 100 vehicles were […]
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Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Tajikistan president approved the Chitral-Ishkashim-Dushanbe route and other connectivity projects Both the leaders gave in principle approval of different road projects connecting Pakistan and Tajikistan including Gwadar-Peshawar-Kabul-Kunduz-Dushanbe route, Khunjerab-Kalasu-Murghab route and Chitral-Ishkashim-Dushanbe route. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said regional connectivity with Tajikistan and China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects would transform
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KURAGH: A large number of people affected by the earthquake blocked the Chitral-Mastuj road near Kuragh and chanted slogans for acceptance of their demands. They were protesting against provincial government’s step-motherly attitude toward them. The protesters also said relief goods sent to the area were being withheld by the local administration instead of distributing among
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Photo: Sher Zaman[/caption]DROSH, Nov 12: The stranded passengers were allowed to cross the Lowari tunnel late on Thursday night, Assistant Commissioner Drosh Basharat Ahmed confirmed. After the temporary opening of the tunnel for the passengers, about 100 vehicles crossed the passegway from Chitral side and over 150 from the Dir side towards Chitral. As reported
Photo: Sher Zaman[/caption] One of the passengers going to Peshawar along with his family said they were not allowed to cross the under-construction tunnel after the closure of the Lowari top road. He said that hundreds of vehicles were stranded on the Chitral side of the tunnel under heavy rain/snowfall. Meanwhile, a large number of
ISLAMABAD: The government has sought a loan from the Korean government fort he construction of Malakand tunnel in KP. The tunnel would also reduce traffic accidents and achieve the target of a balanced development across the country. An official of the National Highway Authority (NHA) told this news agency here that the proposed Malakand Tunnel
Chitral’s verdant, plunging valleys have long attracted tourists for their natural beauty and their brush with legend as the home of the ancient, polytheistic Kalash, many of whom are fair with light-coloured eyes. Pakistan’s smallest religious minority, they speak their own language and celebrate through music, dance and alcohol, which they brew themselves for rituals
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Some circles also expressed the feat that the elected representatives at the local level in the district as well as in the tehsils would divert the funds to areas on the basis of their likes and dislikes leaving the damaged infrastructure unrepaired. Sources privy to the matter told ChitralToday that the members of the local
Shah Nawaz Sana Razakhel, a resident of Mroi, told ChitralToday that three people lost their lives in the October 26 natural disaster while 87 houses were fully and 123 others partially damaged in the village. He said due to the absence of any relief, the affected people were compelled to live in tents even in
Chitral via the Lowari Pass. One of our readers on ChitralToday\’s facebook page termed it the gateway to the land of peace.Lowari Pass (or Lowari Top) (elevation 10,230 feet) is a high mountain pass that connects Chitral with the upper Dir district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Lowari Top is a relatively low pass by far
