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BOONI, Jan 20: The administrator of a seminary in a village of Mulkhow sustained bullet injuries under mysterious circumstances and was brought to a hospital in Booni. Sources told ChitralToday that the injured, a resident of Saht village, was later referred to the district headquarters hospital Chitral for further treatment of the wounds on his

BOONI, Jan 20: The power utility company, SHYDO, has started replacing all old electricity meters in upper Chitral but the consumers are resisting the move. The residents said SHYDO had started removing the old meters from houses and were asking the consumers to pay Rs.3,000 for the new meters which would be installed by the

CHITRAL, Jan 20: Though the people of Chitral are expecting that the Lowari tunnel would be completed by 2017, current circumstances show that the project would take an unbelievably long time – or may never complete at all. At present, work on the much important project progresses at a snail’s pace. The project needs Rs.16

BOONI, Jan 19: The Booni Development Forum (BDF) at a meeting here on Monday assailed the Sarhad Rural Support Programme (SRSP) for its delaying tactics in launching work on three small hydropower projects in the Booni town. The meeting was presided over by Forum chairman Sardar Hakim Khan. The participants said since January 2012 the

DROSH, Jan 17: Newly-appointed District Police Office Chitral Abbas Majid Marwat took charge of his assignment after reaching Chitral. Public circles expressed their satisfaction on the appointment and also raised many expectations from the new police chief. The newly-appointed DPO is a young Police Service of Pakistan (PSP) officer having a good reputation in the