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Legislators at each other\’s throat to win credit for past projects

BOONI, Dec 8: While people of upper Chitral are suffering due to lack of basic facilities, their current and former elected representatives have started a war of words over the few projects that were sanctioned years back but still not completed.  Most of the projects, including the construction of the Booni-Shandur and Booni-Buzund (Torkhow) roads […]

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Mehtar briefs delegation on Chitral\’s vulnerability to calamities

CHITRAL, Nov 29: Fateh-ul-Mulk Ali Nasir, Mehtar of Chitral, hosted a banquet at Chitral Fort in honor of the visiting international delegation, said a press release. The delegation consisted of the Director ICIMOD Mr. David Molden , former Prime Minister of Bhutan Mr. Lyonpo Dr. Kinzang Dorji, H. E. Mr. Kjell Tormod Pettersen Royal Norwegian

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Civil society\’s conflict resolution efforts hailed

CHITRAL: A day-long stakeholders\’ conference was held aimed at resolving conflicts on pastures and grazing land. The conference was organized by Legal Aid Forum for Human Rights (LAFH) supported by CAMP and Safer World funded by European Union. Haji Abdul Nasir, president LAFH, presided over the session. Speaking on the occasion, religious scholars, educationists, former

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Costs of Torkhow, Shandur road projects revised to Rs.3.32 billion

ISLAMABAD, Nov 6: The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) has approved the revised cost of the Booni-Buzund (Torkhow) and Booni-Shandur road projects from Rs.7.6 million to Rs.3.32 billion. MNA Shahzada Iftikhar Uddin in a press statement said the approval was given at a meeting held at the Planning Commission. During the meeting called on the

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Death from falling stones: Village conservation body to also compensate victim\’s family

CHITRAL, Sept 24: The Boryough village conservation committee (VCC) president Mir Hussain on Tuesday said it was the basic responsibility of his organisation to protect the village from boulders rolling down the mountainous pasture. The boulders roll down the mountains due to the movement of the wildlife, especially Kashmir markhor. In the picture below, markhors

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