MPA Sardar Hussain discussed key road projects with elected representatives of Gilgit-Baltistan. Two of the proposals he took up with the political leaders of Gilgit-Baltistan were to pass the Silk Road through Chitral by constructing a tunnel in Chumar Khon near Mastuj in upper Chitral and to keep the Shandur Road open in winters too. […]
The protest gathering was organized by Tehreek Haqooq-e-Awam upper Chitral. The speakers said even three months after the floods damaged the powerhouse at Reshun the government had not taken any step to restore it. As a result, people of upper Chitral remained without electricity. It may be noted that the Reshun powerhouse was built from
File photo[/caption] Residents of the area told ChitralToday that in 1995 the community of the Yurjogh cluster, consisting of eight local organizations, established a 50 KV micro-power station on a self-help basis with the technical support of the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (AKRSP). In 2012, a new 160 KV hydropower project was set up
A JI leader has said Maghfirat Shah was fanning ethnic hatred, extremism in Chitral. Talking to ChitralToday, Mukhtar Ahmad Sangeen, the Amir of JI Upper Chitral, said Maghfirat Shah had become the ringleader of all mafias in Chitral in order to achieve his own vested interests. He also alleged that Maghfirat Shah had been promoting
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CHITRAL: The traditional autumn polo festival has been revived here after 15 years. Before the formal start of the 10-day festival, a function was held at the Town Hall from where the polo players and a large number of spectators and organizers took out a rally to the polo ground. The polo ground was on
The protesters kept the road blocked for over eight hours after which they announced to postpone their protest for seven days after MNA Iftikhar Uddin promised that a steel bailey bride would be installed over the river on an emergency basis to restore links with the disconnected villages in the Mulkhow valley. The protesters regretted
صبح سکول جاتے وقت اور سکول سے آتے وقت سینکڑوں بچے دریا پر عارضی لکڑی کی پُل عبور کرکے ایک اور لکڑی کی سیڑھی جو عمودی رکھی گئی ہے اس پر چڑھ کر دوسری جانب پہنچ جاتے ہیں۔یہ پُل جولائی میں سیلاب کی وجہ سے تباہ ہوا۔ اس کے بعد حکومت نے اس پر کوئی
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Abandoned and forgotten: Shah Salim market.[/caption] Member of district council from the area Mohammad Hussain said it was an all-weather trade route and had brought prosperity to the local people by generating more than 10,000 employment opportunities and thus, alleviating poverty to a great extent in the region. He said the route was used for
It may be noted that 70 houses were completely and around 20 partially damaged when the July floods struck the Muzgol village. The villagers also lost their household valuables besides shops as a market of the village located along the bank of the Muzgol stream was also washed away. When the flood hit the village,
