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CHITRAL, Dec 6: At last, the Chitrali people have been asked to travel through the under-construction Lowari tunnel for two days after every 15 days that too \’on their own risk\’ when the Lowari top road closes due to snowfall in winter. The wording of the notice on the above board issued by the deputy

ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: While the founder of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Zulfikar Ali Bhutto is credited with initiating work on the Lowari Tunnel in the early 1970s, his party while in power caused inordinate delay in the completion of the mega project after it was re-launched by former dictator Pervez Musharraf. On Thursday, the Supreme

CHITRAL, Dec 5: A mother and child week will start in Chitral from Dec 9. A total of 483 lady health workers will take part in the event in all the 24 union councils with the support of the health department’s paramedical staff. This information was shared with the participants of a meeting here on

BOONI, Dec 5: Thousands of people belonging to different villages of subdivision Mastuj here on Thursday held a sit-in protest against alleged embezzlement of millions of rupees in the communication and works (C&W), irrigation and the public health engineering departments and the Sarhad Hydro-Development Organization (SHYDO). Addressing the protest set-in at Booni Chowk, speakers expressed

CHITRAL, Dec 5: The office-bearers of Chitral chapter of Pakistan Wapda hydroelectric workers union have demanded of the government to regularize the services of the daily-wage employees working on the Lowari Pass. Addressing a press conference here on Thursday, chairman Zaheeruddin, vice-chairman Muneerullah, general secretary Sher Muqaddas and others said the employees deserved to be