ISLAMABAD, July 17: The National Highway Authority (NHA) official informed APP on Wednesday that the delay in the construction work was due to 2011 floods and the disputes over payment between the Korean construction company SAMBU and the NHA. He said that when the Lowari Tunnel project began in 2005 it was planned to be […]
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DROSH, July 17: A police official of Drosh police station allegedly harassed and beat up a poor taxi driver over a petty issue and put him behind bars here on Tuesday. The victim of police highhandedness told chitraltoday.net that he had parked his taxi along the roadside under the shade of a tree and was
Since accession to Pakistan, Chitral has not been given its due share and attention for development. Now national and provincial pursuit for resources has made Chitral a focal point in the country. Soon after the completion of five years democratic process, elections were held in the country on May 11, and a new coalition government
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ISLAMABAD, July 16: Qurban Bibi from Booni in Chitral won the “Best National Micro-Entrepreneur Award Female” at the recent Citi-PPAF Micro-entrepreneurship Awards 2012 ceremony held in Islamabad. Qurban Bibi was awarded a cash prize of Rs225,000. Another FMFB client Maryam Batool from Skardu also won the “Best Regional Micro-Entrepreneur Award – Female” from the Gilgit-Baltistan.
CHITRAL, Jul 15: A man was killed and three of his cousins were injured when their rivals opened fire on them over a petty dispute on drinking water here Monday evening. An official at the Chitral police station said at Iftar time an altercation took place between the two groups over their turn on drinking
