CHITRAL: The communications and work (C&W) department started repairing a portion of the Garam Chashma road near Chew bridge on which water continued to flow for weeks. The department took the action only after senior journalist Gul Hamad Farooqui highlighted the issue in the media. The water flowing from a stream into the already dilapidated […]
PESHAWAR: The KP government on Wednesday banned entry of tourists in Malakand division, including Chitral, for 15 days starting from March 18. The decision was taken in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak in the world, including Pakistan. A notification issued from the office of the commissioner Malakand division said all hotels providing residential facilities
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CHITRAL: Assistant Commissioner Chitral Abdul Wali Khan on Tuesday launched a campaign to remove encroachments from bazaar area and the bypass road of the town. The AC along with other officials visited the old bazaar and the bypass road and directed the vendors selling fruits, vegetables and other items to keep away from the roadside
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CHITRAL: The foreign contractor has stopped work on the Lawi hydropower project in Lower Chitral district over failure to manage costs. Sources said that the contractor, a Chinese company, had slowed down work for one and a half years in light of the escalating costs caused by the devaluation of Pakistan rupee. They said the
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BOONI: The district administration of Upper Chitral forced a social media user to tender an unconditional apology for writing an \”indecent\” comment against an additional assistant commissioner on a Facebook post. The administration also posted the handwritten apology of the social media user on its Facebook page on March 16. It said on March 10,
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