TIMARGARAH, June 23: Forest owners and members of the defunct joint forest management committees (JFMCs) from different valleys of Chitral gathered at Timargarah on Monday and threatened the KP government to lift the ban on movement of timber till July 14 otherwise they would start protest demonstrations. They were also joined by forest owners and […]
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GILGIT, June 19: Opposing the Gilgit-Baltistan government’ s decision, the Ghizer polo team has decided to participate in the three-day Shandur festival from Friday. The opening polo match would be played between the teams of the district Ghizar and of Laspur valley. This was announced by Gul Wali, the captain of the Ghizer polo team,
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ISLAMABAD, June 11: Pakistan and Tajikistan are set to explore new avenues for the supply of 1,000 megawatts of electricity with the help of transmission lines to Chitral in an effort to utilise surplus energy and help Islamabad ease its power shortages, officials told Express Tribune newspaper in Islamabad. This energy trade, which is separate from the
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CHITRAL, June 9: Parliamentary secretary on forest, environment and wildlife KP Fazal Elahi was given briefing by Snow Leopard Foundation (SLF) about its activities in Chitral. Speaking on the occasion, the provincial parliamentary secretary lauded the services of SLF in wildlife research, monitoring and conservation. He said non-government organizations were playing vital role in the
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ISLAMABAD, June 7: The Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) federal government has once again disappointed the people of Chitral by making a meager allocation of Rs2 billion in the PSDP 2014-15 for the Lowari tunnel mega project. It was also PML-N government which had earmarked only Rs1 billion in last year public sector development programme (PSDP),
