CHITRAL: Apples\’ production in many villages of Upper Chitral has been adversely affected by insufficient rainfall. The villages like Karimabad, Booni, Brep and Terich are known for producing local species of apples, particularly Chopush, which is famous for its fragrance, taste and delicacy, and the fruit is usually harvested in September. The fruit traders in […]
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ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) restored all tax exemptions available to the people of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) and Provincially Administered Tribal Areas (Pata) with retrospective effect from June 1, 2018. Two notifications were issued on Friday rescinding earlier notifications to implement the decision of the federal cabinet. Through the 25th Constitutional
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government has dropped all CPEC projects not approved by Planning Commission from the list of the public sector development programme (PSDP) for FY19. The mega projects that have faced the axe include Zhob-Kuchlak road, Shandur-Chitral road, land acquisition and upgradation of 50 to 300-bed hospital at Gwadar, construction of the northern
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CHITRAL: Water has been supplied to different localities in the Chitral town and adjacent areas mainly from the Golen valley but most of the water goes to waste due to leakages in the substandard pipes used in the supply network and poor workmanship. As a result, the residents face an acute shortage of the basic
By Zulfiqar Ahmad ISLAMABAD: Minister of state for communications Murad Saeed has written a letter to Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP), asking him to undertake a special audit of five mega projects of National Highway Authority (NHA), which also include Lowari Tunnel (N-45) civil works. The projects are: Lyari Expressway, Khuzdar-Shahdadkot Highway (M-8), Gwadar-Turbat-Hoshab Highway
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