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School building damaged in 2010 floods yet to be rebuilt

Local councilor Inayatullah and a social worker Sarawat Shah told ChitralToday that the building of the primary school was built through funds provided by a Greek volunteer, Authonasie. But the flash floods in 2010 washed away the building. Despite repeated requests by the local people, the education department Chitral never bothered to reconstruct the building.

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Quake-hit people's week-long protest goes unnoticed

Photo: Jahan Zeb[/caption] The quake-hit people alleged mass irregularities in the distribution of compensation cheuqes by the district administration. They also alleged that the officials concerned deliberately dropped the names of deserving people from the compensation list and facilitated their own blue-eyed boys. Talking to the protestors, Salahuddin Tofan, Hasan Muhammad, Haji Muhtaram Shah and

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A costly machine that was made to rust?

Photo by GH Fraooqui[/caption] Among these villages are Brep, Istach, Dizg, Khruzg, Marting, Phashk, Bang, Birzoz etc. where people are enjoying round-the-clock cheap electricity. With this, purchase of appliances like fridges, deep freezers, irons, and fans has increased and these appliances are becoming a necessity in people’s life. The reason again is availability of cheap

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Protesters at Muxgol send out strong warning to govt depts

Addressing the gathering, local leaders of Tehreek Huqooq Awam upper Chitral regretted that the government departments were showing lethargy and callousness towards the suffering of the people affected by the natural disasters. They said despite the passage of five months, work on the reconstruction of the damaged Reshun powerhouses could not be started due to

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