CHITRAL: The 70th Independence Day of Pakistan was celebrated across Chitral with traditional zeal and fervor. A national flag hoisting ceremony was held at the university lawn where Brigadier (retired) Khushi Muhammad, Dr. Inayatullah Faizi and Professor Dr. Badshah Munir Bukhari, Project Director of the university, were also present. Students presented the national anthem. A […]
KOSHT: Stranded Kosht residents decried govt\’s indifference to their hardships at a meeting here. The participants of the meeting narrated the difficulties of the residents and regretted that no government department had so far taken notice of the issue. They said students especially girls going to the degree colleges at Jinalikoch were forced to travel
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PESHAWAR: MNA Shahzada Iftikharuddin has asked PESCO to resolve power crisis being faced by people of Chitral. Through a statement, he said the Singur powerhouse, which was set up in early 70s, had outlived its utility and produced barely 400 kv of electricity. In the 90s, he said, the government had connected Chitral to the
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CHITRAL: The completion of Lowari tunnel, providing an all-weather route to Chitral for the first time, has caused a phenomenal increase in prices of land in the valley. Shaheen Shah, a property dealer, said the price of a piece of land measuring 11,664 square foot) in the heart of Chitral town was about Rs800,000 before
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First of all tunnel is not completed to be inaugurated. The 8km patch of tunnel opens for only 3 hours in a day for one way traffic, meaning that you have to wait 20-25 minutes so traffic from one end enters and clears the tunnel. The bridge, connecting the tunnel to the road, is not
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