CHITRAL: A man has turned a large swath of barren a mountainous land into a lush green forest in Ayun village of Lower Chitral. Rehman retired from Pakistan Army and started working on his commitment succeeded to turn the desert into a green forest. He planted saplings in a distant mountain and worked day and […]
BOONI: A protest was held in a village in Laspur valley against the National Highway Authority (NHA) for encroaching into private land while constructing road in Sor Laspur village. The road was being widened to enable the buses of NATCO to continue its service to Mastuj from Gilgit. However, the local people said that instead
CHITRAL: A polo tournament to warm up the teams and players for the forthcoming annual Shandur polo festival to be held in July has started. Shandur polo. On the first day of the tournament at polo ground here on Saturday, four matches were played. The first match was between Chitral A and Kosht Red in
BOONI: Work on the repair and widening of the Chitral-Shandur road in Sor Laspur was on Friday stopped by the district administration after complaints by locals that its alignment had been changed. A statement issued from the office of the deputy commissioner Upper Chitral stated that after receiving complaints by the locals that after changing
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BOONI: A public gathering was held here in Thursday against the 100pc increase in the price of wheat. A resolution passed on the occasion asked the government to immediately withdraw its decision and restore the old price of wheat. The speakers said a bag of 100 kg wheat was available for the consumers at government
ISLAMABAD: The government is planning to work on 56 micro hydro power projects in Chitral’s far-off areas with combined capacity of 11.5 MW will be carried out at an estimated cost of Rs5 billion under the Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development Organization (PEDO). Director of Micro Hydro Power Projects PEDO Faisal Dawar told WealthPK that the micro
BOONI: A group of consultants from Turkiye and Bangladesh today visited Mulkhow along with officials of the irrigation department. According to a statement issued by the district administration of Upper Chitral, the foreign consultants under an international project discussed the possibility of bringing water from Terich valley to Mulkow. The visit was to explore ways
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PESHAWAR: A three-day training session to equip the local community members with knowledge and skills to efficiently respond to disasters and emergencies concluded in the Shoghor village of Chitral, a statement issued here said. Volunteers from Karimabad, Arkari and Breshgram valleys attended the training on ‘community-based search and rescue operation’. The training was organized by
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CHITRAL: People belonging to different political parties and civil society organizations staged a protest sit-in here on Friday, demanding the closure of flour mills and supply of wheat to consumers at subsidized rates as was the case in the past. Protesters in a large number reached polo ground and held a rally to the Chitral
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LAHORE: As many as 16 people, including a former PTI MPA, allegedly involved in arson attacks on military installations on May 9 were today handed over to the Army for trial under the Army Act 1952. The 16 arrested persons were produced before an Anti-Terrorism Court which ordered their handing over to the commanding officer
