Letters

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Democratic to the core!

CHITRAL, May 17: Although Chitral was a monarchy ruled by the Mehtar (king) but it had always been democratic, as the Mehtars made their decisions according to the will of the people. During the State era, decisions were made at the Mahraka (royal court) with consensus. Lord Curzon, viceroy of British India from 1897 to

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Chitral needs volunteer security committees

With the supervision of district government, proper volunteer-based security committees are needed to be organised throughout the villages of Chitral. These groups of personnel of own respective villages will keep their vicinity clean of outer as well as domestic troublemakers. These civil defence-based organisations will also help best in natural disasters like flooding, earthquake and avalanche etc.

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