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PESHAWAR, March 16: The KPK government has agreed to issue a 30-year licence to a Chinese company for executing hydropower projects in the province. In this regard, the first area to be handed over to the company would be Shoghor village of Chitral. The Chinese Zhongnan Engineering Corporation will soon be issued an NOC for

CHITRAL, March 13: With reference to the news report published in ChitralToday (chitraltoday.net) on March 11, 2013, captioned “Poor markhor and the hungry mighty guards”, Mr Imtiaz Hussain, the divisional forest officer (DFO) wildlife division Chitral has issued the following clarification: It is clarified that the hype created through the above report by Mr. Zulfiqar

ISLAMABAD, March 13: MNA Shahzada Iftikharuddin has regretted that despite approval by the chief minister of KPK, the Rs300 million funds have not been released for the rehabilitation of the flood-affected infrastructure in Chitral. In a statement, the MNA said that he had taken up the matter with the PTI chairman and MNA Asad Umer

CHITRAL, March 12: Representatives of teachers at a meeting here opposed deputing of teachers from Peshawar on duty during the matriculation examination in Chitral. The meeting chaired by Waqar Ahmed, the president of All SST Association, was held at the Centennial Model High School. The teachers said the chairman of the Board of Intermediate and