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PESHAWAR, Jan 11: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Friday directed both the federal and provincial governments to ensure non-stop supply of petroleum products to Chitral and also allow ambulances carrying patients to pass through the Lowari Tunnel. A single bench of Chief Justice Dost Muhammad Khan issued the directives on a petition filed by

ISLAMABAD, Jan 10: The district returning officer (DRO) Chitral seems least bothered about the sufferings of the people living in the snow-clad upper Chitral due to the absence of their representative in the provincial assembly and has recommended to the provincial election commission not to hold re-election in the seven polling stations of PK-90 Chitral-II

DROH, Jan 10: Social worker and local leader of the PPP Akmal Bhutto has said the Lowari tunnel was an issue of life and death for the people of Chitral and MPA Saleem Khan played a positive and effective role in forcing the federal government to open the passageway for two days a week. In

ISLAMABAD, Jan 9: Leaders belonging to different political parties from Chitral along with representatives of civil society organization held a protest demonstration against the federal government for not opening the under-construction Lowari tunnel after the closure of the Lowari top road due to the snowfall. The protest demonstration held at the high security D. Chowk

CHITRAL, Jan 9: Passengers going to Peshawar via Lowari tunnel got a waiting room in the northern portal of the tunnel on Chitral side. Earlier, the passengers were forced to wait under the open sky for hours and many of them were reported to have fainted due to extreme cold. Constructed by Sarhad Rural Support