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PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has completed the delimitation process by dividing the province into 3,493 village and neighbourhood councils as the government intends to hold local government polls by the end of April. Under the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Local Government Act 2013, creation of village and neighbourhood councils is mandatory for the local bodies’ elections.

PESHAWAR, Feb. 26: Community leaders and civil society activists from Chitral asked government to provide 30 megawatts of electricity from under- construction Golen Gol hydel power project to people of the district. Addressing a press conference at the Peshawar Press Club (PPC), local elders and office-bearers of Chitral Community Development Network (CCDN) shared with mediapersons

CHITRAL, Feb 25: The father of the woman psycho-therapist who was killed in the Aga Khan Health Service (AKHS) Chitral office on Aug 26, 2013, by one of her patients has served a legal notice on the officials of the AKHS demanding Rs20 million. In the notice issued to the chief executive officer and the

CHITRAL, Feb 24: While the Taliban threat to the Kalash tribe has made headlines around the world, some residents of the Bumburate valley seemed more threatened by the land mafia of their area. The residents of the Birir valley held a protest at the road leading to the deputy commissioner office in Chitral demanding the district

CHITRAL, Feb 24: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader retired Wing Commander Fardad Ali Shah has said the managers of the under-construction Lowari tunnel are least bothered about safety measures for the passengers. “On Saturday, I was amongst those trapped inside the tunnel and the way things happened I\’m convinced that the tunnel managers are least pushed