CHITRAL/BOONI: Traders in Booni and Chitral on Saturday joined the countrywide protest against government decision to get commercial activity documented and increase general sales tax in the budget 2019-20 by observing a shutter-down. The bazaars in Chitral town and Booni are completely closed on the call given by the traders\’ association of KP. In Booni, […]
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Zahiruddin CHITRAL: More than 3,000 people remained stranded in Golen valley for the fifth day on Thursday due to delay in the restoration of a pedestrian path. Surrounded by high mountains, the valley was hit by a glacial lake outburst flood (Glof) on Saturday last when one of its nine glaciers exploded. The flood inundated
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LASPUR: Volunteers from different parts of Laspur carried out a cleanliness drive at Shandur after the conclusion of the three-day festival there. The cleanliness activity was conducted by members and volunteers of Indigenous Council for Development – a consortium of organizations of Laspur valley. The consortium comprises registered organizations of Laspur such as Shandur Area Development
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CHITRAL: Minority MPA and DDAC Chairman Wazirzada on Thursday claimed that the PTI government was spending billions of rupees on the development of Chitral. He was speaking after inaugurating the newly-installed transformer at Jutilasht grid station for Upper Chitral. The MPA said seven RCC bridges were under constriction across Chitral while the PTI government spent
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DROSH: A large number of women from Wardap village on Thursday morning blocked the Chitral-Dir road by staging a sit-in at Drosh Chowk against unavailability of electricity and water in their village. The burqa-clad women refused to leave the road after local administration officials tried to persuade them. About three months ago, people from the
