Speaking at a meeting in Reshun, former nazim Amirullah, retired Subedar Amiruddin, M. Nizamuddin, retired SHO Abdus Samad Khan, Muhammad Zahid, Ghulam Ali, retired Subedar Kaka Jan and Abdul Rab said due to the biased approach, favoritism and nepotism by the local administration officials, scores of outsiders continued grazing their thousands of cattle in the
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Hunters pay large sums of money for game in the region, while the locals use this money to fund developments in the area, in turn securing the population of Markhors as well. According to the data collected by K-P Wildlife department in 1993, the population of Markhor was merely 275 animals throughout the province. However,
MPA Sardar Hussain discussed key road projects with elected representatives of Gilgit-Baltistan. Two of the proposals he took up with the political leaders of Gilgit-Baltistan were to pass the Silk Road through Chitral by constructing a tunnel in Chumar Khon near Mastuj in upper Chitral and to keep the Shandur Road open in winters too.
The protest gathering was organized by Tehreek Haqooq-e-Awam upper Chitral. The speakers said even three months after the floods damaged the powerhouse at Reshun the government had not taken any step to restore it. As a result, people of upper Chitral remained without electricity. It may be noted that the Reshun powerhouse was built from
File photo[/caption] Residents of the area told ChitralToday that in 1995 the community of the Yurjogh cluster, consisting of eight local organizations, established a 50 KV micro-power station on a self-help basis with the technical support of the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (AKRSP). In 2012, a new 160 KV hydropower project was set up
