GILGIT: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday said that his government has decided to give provincial status to Gilgit-Baltistan. The premier, who arrived in Gilgit in the afternoon to mark the 73rd Independence Day of the region, was speaking to the attendees and participants of the Azadi Parade. Elections to the GB legislative assembly are […]
CHITRAL: The Lawi power project may not be ready even in 2023 due to lack of interest on part of the KP government. It has been learnt that workers at the site have not been paid salaries for six months now. Moreover, work at the site is also affected by absence of Chinese engineers and
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Gul Hamaad Farooqui CHITRAL: Scores of development projects launched in both Lower and Upper Chitral have either been left incomplete or work on them are progressing at a snail\’s pace due to unavailability of funds. Chief Engineer Communication and Works Department Muhammad Uzair inspected these projects during his three-day visit to Chitral. He inspected the
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CHITRAL: The federal government has agreed to revise the estimate of cost for acquisition of land for the construction of the Chitral-Kalash valleys road. Chief minister\’s special assistant Wazirzada told ChitralToday that earlier the estimate for land acquisition was very low and that was why acquiring land for the project was not easy. He said
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CHITRAL: Prime Minister’s Special Assistant on Overseas Pakistanis Zulfiqar (Zulfi) Bukhari on Wednesday inaugurated work on a five-star Bejaan Hotel in Chitral. Mr Bukhari arrived in Chitral in a special plane on the invitation of Mr Anwar Aman, a USA-based Chitrali business tycoon who is building the Bejaan Hotel. The hotel will be constructed on
