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C&W dept. least interested in opening of roads

By Our Correspondent CHITRAL, Feb 11: Most roads in Chitral remain blocked throughout winter due to heavy snowfall and landslides as the district administration is short of heavy machinery to reopen them. [caption id=\"attachment_7738\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"] Eight tractors were given to UCs in Chitral last month to clear blocked roads. But they have not been […]

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NGOs criticize NOC condition

PESHAWAR, Feb11: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has adopted a new procedure for the issuance of No Objection Certificate (NOC) to local and international NGOs working in 10 specific districts, including Chitral, said a press release. However, NGOs working in various districts termed teh condition of NOC for visiting their project sites as a hurdle in

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Jungle at a cost!

Salim Khan: Innocent until proven guilty[/caption] By Zulfiqar Ahmad ISLAMABAD, Feb 10: An influential politician from Lotkoh in Chitral has purchased a huge chunk of jungle worth Rs8 million in Arandu in collusion with a former tehsil nazim of the area, it has been learnt. Sources privy to the development told chitraltoday.net that the former

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Cold, road blockade: Chitrali passenger dies near Lowari Tunnel

CHITRAL, Feb 10: A Chitrali passenger died while a woman got her hand fractured on the Lowari Tunnel access road due to severe cold and snow. [caption id=\"attachment_7695\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"] Snow-capped near Lowari Tunnel.–GH Farooqui[/caption] Hundreds of vehicles were stranded near the tunnel due to poor condition of the access roads with ditches in its

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