BOONI: Despite biting cold weather, people of upper Chitral held a huge protest gathering in Booni today against the unending power crisis in their area even after the commissioning of the Golen Gol hydro power station. The participants of the public meeting organized under the aegis of Tehreek-Haqooq Awam gave the government Feb 12 deadline […]
CHITRAL: The delayed polio campaign got underway in 10 union councils of Chitral on Sunday with officials and workers visiting houses even in remote and snow-capped villages. The drive in other 14 UCs would be started at a later stage when the weather improves and accessibility becomes possible. The drive in the 10 UCs, including
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CHITRAL: Power supply to Chitral from the Golen Gol hydropower station resumed on Friday afternoon following a break of three days when the software governing its operation system developed a fault. The hydropower station’s project manager Engr Javed Afridi told Dawn that there were two alternatives to restart the operations, either to provide power supply
CHITRAL: Hopes about getting rid of the power crisis in Chitral for good have dashed to the ground due to the callous attitude of the PTI government as well as its power utility departments. Accepting the demand of the people, former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi while inaugurating the first phase of the 108 megawatt
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YARKHUN: Volunteers from Khruzg and Dizg worked for a couple of days to clear the Chitral-Yarkhun road at Oughhiak Gol in north of Brep that remained blocked due to icing and the recent snowfall. Water of a spring flowing in the small stream had frozen due to the severe cold and spread on the road.
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