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PTI, JI leaders playing politics on power supply to Upper Chitral: MNA

He said people of Upper Chitral continued to suffer but local leaders of the PTI and Jamaat-e-Islami, who are coalition partners in the KP government, are playing dirty politics on the supply of electricity to Upper Chitral. PEDO did nothing to end the power crisis in the area and failed to reconstruct the damaged powerhouse. […]

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Lok Virsa praised for conserving folk heritage of Chitral

ISLAMABAD: National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage (Lok Virsa) organized a launching ceremony for its two newly-published books – Aangai and Chitral Ke Lok Geet – with the great musical performance by renowned folk singer Mansoor Ali Shabab from Chitral. Senator Usman Khan Kakar, Chairman Senate Functional Committee on Problems of Less Developed Areas, was the chief guest.

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Upper Chitral denied power as PEDO, PESCO wrangle over tariffs

Over 15,000 houses located in Koh union council of Lower Chitral and most parts of Upper Chitral have been without electricity for the last three years when flashfloods washed away the PEDO-operated 4.5 megawatts Reshun powerhouse supplying them electricity. However, parts of the district connected with the Pesco transmission system are getting electricity after 36

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