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water tax imposed in Chitral

Drinking water tax imposed in Chitral

BOONI: The government has started charging the local people for drinking water in Chitral. The imposition of the tax on water consumers has started in Booni, the headquarters of the Upper Chitral district. A senior official of the Public Health Engineering Department confirmed to ChitralToday that Rs350 per connection was being collected in areas where […]

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Avalanche kills 35 cows and goats

Avalanche kills 35 cows and goats

YARKHUN: An avalanche on Wednesday killed at least 35 cows and goats at Lotgaz village in the north of Yarkhun Lasht. Locals told ChitralToday that the avalanche also blocked the road to Broghil. Earlier, essential goods and other supplies meant for Broghil were being transported up to Kankhon but the avalanche blocked the road to

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Pak-Italy friendship bridge opened

Pak-Italy friendship bridge opened

CHITRAL: A Pak-Italy friendship bridge was inaugurated in Khairabad area of Drosh town in Lower Chitral today. Along the bridge, other infrastructure development projects were inaugurated by Italian Agency for Development Cooperation Emanuela Benini, SRSP chief executive officer Shahzada Masoodul Mulk and deputy commissioner Lower Chitral Hasan Abid inaugurated the bridge and other schemes. The

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Shandur, Garam Chashma roads transferred to NHA

Chitral-Gilgit road PC-1 to be approved next week: NHA

ISLAMABAD: PC of Chitral-Gilgit road costing Rs46 billion will be approved next week, National Highway Authority (NHA) Chairman Muhammad Khurram Agha on Friday said. Giving a briefing to Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Minister Muhammad Khalid Khorsheed, he said the PC-1 will be sent to the Planning Commission for final approval. The NHA chairman said feasibility work on

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American hunter kills markhor with a bow

Communities get Rs91m as trophy hunting royalty

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Wildlife Department on Tuesday distributed Rs91.269 million among representatives of 26 communities from Chitral and Kohistan districts as their royalty from the Markhor Trophy Hunt. The cash distribution ceremony was held with Minister for Forests, Environment and Wildlife Ishtiaq Urmar as chief guest. The wildlife department’s chief conservator Mohsin Farooque informed

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