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CHITRAL, May 11:  The geographical condition of Chitral makes it impossible to keep its hundreds of villages and sub-valleys connected with each other without building strong bridges and maintaining them properly. However, the suspension bridges on different streams and main rivers in Chitral pose grave threats to the lives of thousands of people. The main

DROSH, May 11: The federal government recently announced a reduction in the prices of petroleum products after which the price of diesel came down substantially – by Rs. 4.51 per litre. But despite this reduction, the commuters in Chitral do not see any reduction in the fares of public transport vehicles and taxis. According to

CHITRAL, May 9: General Officer Commanding (GOC) 45 Engineering Division Maj-General Rao Major General Akhtar Jamil Rao said Pakistan Army is committed to improving the quality of life of the people of Chitral besides guarding the frontiers of the country. He was speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony of two women vocational training centres in Chitral

CHITRAL, May 9: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has lost four-month time favorable for executing the projects aimed at rehabilitation of road infrastructure and water channels hit by last year`s flash floods in Chitral valley. A consultant engineer associated with one of the public works departments, requesting anonymity, told this correspondent that with the start of

CHITRAL, May 8: A costly machine worth millions of rupees used in repairing roads and removing debris and snow has been left to rust outside the police station of Booni for the last 13 years. On the other hand, roads in the whole subdivision of Mastuj present dilapidated look and need the machine for their