MULKHOW (CHITRAL), Jan 31: Pakistan is a developing country and possesses only 4 per cent forest cover in its total land area. In most of the developing countries, this ratio is 20% and in developed nations more than 35%. [caption id=\"attachment_7416\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"] A view of flooded Junalikoch in July 2012.–Photo by the writer[/caption] The forests […]
CHITRAL, Jan 29: The people of Boroghil and Yarkhun in upper Chitral have alleged substandard work and corruption by private contractors in the reconstruction and widening of a jeep track that links the two valleys situated along the Wakhan corridor of Afghanistan with the rest of the district. The 90-km-long jeep track from Zhupoo village
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CHITRAL, Jan 29: This road leading to the deputy commissioner office in Chitral was blacktopped only one month back. But due to the use of substandard material in its reconstruction, its surface has now started peeling off. Soon it will become impassable to be rebuilt only for the benefit of those at the helms. If
CHITRAL, Jan 29: The Jamaat-i-Islami Chitral on Tuesday held a protest rally against power outages and ‘unnecessary’ closure of the Lowari Tunnel. Led by former MNA Abdul Akbar, the rally started from Bazaar Masjid and ended at the polo ground gate, where it converted into a public meeting presided over by Maulana Ghulam Mohammad, the
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