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Rehman Malik to visit Chitral

ISLAMABAD, Oct 18: Minister for Interior Rehman Malik on Wednesday said he will soon visit Chitral and make efforst to resolve the problems being faced by the people there. [caption id=\"attachment_4965\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"226\" caption=\"Rehman Malik\"][/caption] He was talking to Minister for State and Frontier Region, Engineer Shaukatullah, who met him here and discussed issues related […]

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Work on Lowari Tunnel restarts

CHITRAL, Oct 18: After about three year, work on the under-construction Lowari Tunnel has started again, it was learnt here on Thursday. On the other hand, reports said the Executive Committee on National Economic Council (ECNEC) has also approved the revised design of the tunnel from rail to road tunnel that will now cost a

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Protesting transporters close Chitral-Gilgit road

GAHKUCH (GHIZER), Oct 18: The transporters here closed traffic on the Chitral-Ghizer road in protest against what they said the highhandedness of the excise and taxation department of Gilgit-Baltistan. The transporters said that the department was harassing the transporters in on different pretexts like checking papers of non-customs-paid vehicles and it had become impossible for

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Chitral bazaar power issue resolved

[/caption] Traders of both New and Shahi bazaars thanked Shahzada Khalid Pervez of the All-Pakistan Muslim League (APML) for taking personal interest in resolving the issue. The old transformer developed fault a week back after which the power supply to the business center remained disrupted. Shahzada Pervez, however, arranged a new transformer on a priority

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