Photos: Shah Nawaz Sana Razakhel[/caption] Due to the closure of the Lowari Pass after snowfall, hundreds of passengers remained stuck for hours as they were not allowed to use the tunnel on Thursday too. A resident of Drosh going home from Peshawar told ChitralToday on phone at 8:10pm on Friday that over 100 vehicles were […]
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Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Tajikistan president approved the Chitral-Ishkashim-Dushanbe route and other connectivity projects Both the leaders gave in principle approval of different road projects connecting Pakistan and Tajikistan including Gwadar-Peshawar-Kabul-Kunduz-Dushanbe route, Khunjerab-Kalasu-Murghab route and Chitral-Ishkashim-Dushanbe route. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said regional connectivity with Tajikistan and China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects would transform
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KURAGH: A large number of people affected by the earthquake blocked the Chitral-Mastuj road near Kuragh and chanted slogans for acceptance of their demands. They were protesting against provincial government’s step-motherly attitude toward them. The protesters also said relief goods sent to the area were being withheld by the local administration instead of distributing among
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Photo: Sher Zaman[/caption]DROSH, Nov 12: The stranded passengers were allowed to cross the Lowari tunnel late on Thursday night, Assistant Commissioner Drosh Basharat Ahmed confirmed. After the temporary opening of the tunnel for the passengers, about 100 vehicles crossed the passegway from Chitral side and over 150 from the Dir side towards Chitral. As reported
Photo: Sher Zaman[/caption] One of the passengers going to Peshawar along with his family said they were not allowed to cross the under-construction tunnel after the closure of the Lowari top road. He said that hundreds of vehicles were stranded on the Chitral side of the tunnel under heavy rain/snowfall. Meanwhile, a large number of
