Soon after the houses caught fire, Chitral Scouts, police and the local people reached the spot and put out the flames after about five hours. Local residents said as the houses were located in narrow streets, the fire fighting vehicles could not reach the spot and hence the delay. Household items valuing millions of rupees were […]
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Even though the government laid pipelines under different projects for the supply of water to Boon after spending millions of rupees, the local residents are still facing an acute shortage of the basic community of life. Though there is no dearth of water sources in Booni, the negligence of the government departments led to the
Besides, Rs5.2 billion worth of road projects were in the pipeline and waited for approval for which Rs250 million have been allocated in the next financial year. A look at the documents by ChitralToday showed that Rs4215.640 million have been set aside for the Lowari tunnel access roads project in the Dir side. For this
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They were speaking at a seminar titled “Consultation on challenges for the Kalash community: the way forward” organised by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP). Speaking on the occasion, Gul Nazar from the Kalash valley said they are facing serious threats to change its religion. “Our land is being occupied and names of local
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