BOONI: A delegation of Tehreek Huqooq-i-Awam (THA) upper Chitral met AC Mastuj Hayat Shah and took up with him the issue of compensation to the people affected by repeated natural calamities. The delegation members told the official that a vast majority of the people of upper Chitral were not paid any compensation after their houses […]
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The people of the cut-off area held a protest demonstration at the helipad set up in Safed Arkari against the government for not clearing the only road to the area of snow and boulders. Led by village council chairman Sher Muhammad, the protesters including women said that the local administration had reserved only one tractor
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MIER, an organization working for the promotion and preservation of languages and cultures in Chitral, expressed displeasure over the government apathy. At a meeting, language activists of the district expressed their concerns over the discriminatory treatment meted out to the regional languages of the country. They stressed the need that the government should own and
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On the other hand, elected representatives from the valley lose no opportunity to shower praise on the C&W department and the local administration officials whenever a portion of the road is cleared of the snow and boulders. On the other hand, except for Datsuns the road is still closed for all other vehicles, creating lots
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CHITRAL: The district administration has decided to ban night-time public transport from other parts of the country to Chitral and within Chitral to avoid accidents that have become frequent. This was told to a delegation of social activists led by Mahmood Ahmad Saill during a meeting with the deputy commissioner Shahab Hamid Yousafzai on Thursday,
