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CHITRAL, May 3: The Shandur pass road has been reopened for light vehicular traffic which connects Chitral with Gilgit-Baltistan in the north. The road had been closed in December last year after heavy snowfall. Assistant Commissioner Mastuj Minhasuddin supervised the snow clearance work and opened the road for light traffic. Heavy traffic will be started

ISLAMABAD, May 3: After rejection of papers from all provinces and a lifetime ban, former military ruler Pervez Musharraf’s party, the All Pakistan Muslim League (APML), has announced a boycott of the May 11 elections. The spokesman of the party made the announcement at a press conference in Islamabad on Friday.“The rejection of General (retd)

CHITRAL, May 3: Speakers at a seminar here on Friday highlighted the importance of the right to vote and better participation of all segments of society in the upcoming general elections. They said that elections are the essence of democracy in which people elect their representatives for five years. The seminar was organized by the

CHITRAL, May 3: Ballot papers for the forthcoming general elections reached here in a military helicopter from Rawalpindi on Friday.   Wiqat Ahmad Malik, the district election commissioner Chitral, told chitraltoday.net that he along with the civil judge of Drosh brought the ballot papers in the army helicopter from Rawalpindi. These ballot papers were received by

CHITRAL, May 2: Former tehsil nazim Chitral Sartaj Ahmed Khan here on Thursday asked the National Highway Authority (NHA) to open the Lowari top road by May 5 otherwise a protest would be launched against the authority in coordination with civil society. Addressing a press conference here along with the representatives of different civil society