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CHITRAL: Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development Organization (PEDO) has completed 54 micro hydropower houses in different areas of upper and lower Chitral, 11 power plants have been inaugurated. The contract for construction of these powerhouses has been awarded by the provincial government to Aga Khan Rural Support Program. ( AKRSP) Completion of these power plants will generate six megawatts of electricity in …

The Chitral Association for Mountain Area Tourism (CAMAT) chairman Shahzada Iftikhar Uddin has appealed to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan to clear the ‘quarantine bills’ that the government owes to Chitral’s 60 hotels pending since July 2020. In a statement, he complained that the inordinate delay in paying the Rs34 million bills of 60 hotels used by the district …

CHITRAL:  Hundreds of people of Mastuj Tehsil of Upper Chitral District under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Muhammad Ismail Wali started construction of a 30 km road of Mastuj on their self-help basis. Earlier that, a briefing ceremony was held near Mastuja Bridge in which Prof. Dr. Muhammad Ismail said that since not a single kilometer of (blacktop) road was paved …

A new renting service is initiated in Booni Bazar by the famous environmentalist and activist Mr. Rehmat Ali Jaffar Dost. The aim of this initiative is to make renting services better for the people of Booni. Some of the services that this business would offer include renting of camping and other travel gears, cameras, tent, generator, sound system, multimedia system, …

The Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Sindh, Jamshoro organized a 3-day International Workshop on digitization and Geo-referencing of Herbaria and Botanical Gardens in Pakistan. The event was organized by the efforts of Dr. Rabia Asma Memon who was focal person of workshop as well. The event was organized in collaboration with Prof. Dr. Mary E. Barkworth of Intermountain Herbarium, …

Karachi /Dubai, November 20, 2018 – Emirates Skywards has launched an on-demand ground transportation booking app called Emirates Skywards Cabforce in partnership with CarTrawler – the first of its kind in the world. The app is a mobile travel companion that will offer its loyalty members an affordable and efficient transportation service in 27 countries and 117 cities across the …

Humans of Chitral Education Venture organized its first career counseling session in coordination with Ahtiram Ul Haq Shaheed Coaching Academy Booni on June 13th. The event was themed as “Beyond Medical and Engineering” and around 150 male and female young students attended the event. The chairman of the academy Muhkam Uddin talked about the goals of the academy that it …

CHITRAL: Chitral Lawyers, members of District Bar Association and representatives of all parties held a protest against prolonged load shedding during the holy month of Ramadan. They held a rally started from PIA square and ended at Ataleeq Bridge which converted into a public meeting. The public cum protest meeting was held under the chair of Khurshid Hussain Mughal president …

CHITRAL:  Annual festival of Kalash community Joshi (Chelumjosh) attracted thousands of domestic as well as foreign tourists in the scenic valley of Bumborate, Rumber, and Birir. As Kalash people celebrating 2 small and two mega festivals each year. This was spring season religious festival of Kalash community has a unique culture and declared indigenous people by the UNESCO. The four-days  Joshi festival …

CHITRAL: To celebrate 78 Pakistan resolution day a colorful event on this occasion was held at Frontier Corps Public school ground  Chitral. Commandant Chitral scout scouts Col Muenuddin was the chief guest on the occasion. In this connection, first time in history of Chitral Marathon race and gymnastic games were also held. Marathon race competition was started from Shaheed Usama Park …