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PESHAWAR: Member National Assembly Shahzada Iftikharuddin has asked the Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO) to address the electricity problems of the Chitral town to avoid law and order problem. “Many remote parts of Chitral enjoy electricity through local community-based hydropower systems in the district. And in Chitral town the responsibility for generating and distributing electricity is the responsibility of PESCO, …

CHITRAL: With the inauguration of the much-awaited Lowari tunnel on July 20 after its completion, the demand for land has registered an exponential increase, shooting up its prices in Chitral. A number of property dealers observed that the upward jump in the price of land was triggered back in 2005 when work was started on the construction of tunnel, and …

CHITRAL:  On the demand of residents of Chitral town Sarhad Rural Support Program (SRSP) completed two megawatt hydro power house at Golain valley. Its power generation has started before Ramzan but due to some technical fault and non cooperative behavior of PESCO staff people face some problems due to non supplying of power. Hence after proper agreement with PESCO staff …

CHITRAL: Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has inaugurated Lowari Tunnel project. The 8.5 km long tunnel will provide all weather resistant route, connecting Chitral to rest of the country. Construction of Lowari Tunnel has been a long standing demand of the people of the area which had been negated in the past. While addressing the ceremony, the premier stated that …

CHITRAL:  Main road of Dhom Shogor at Drosh valley some 50 KM from here was damaged by flood in 2015 but unfortunately the road could not restored in two years.  Prominent social worker and secretary information of PPP Akmal Bhutto told this scribe that road was washed away by tremendous flood in 2015. A retaining wall was constructed by Communication and …

CHITRAL: A laborer was allegedly beaten and tortured to death by a local police in  Drosh area of Chitral, local people informed. According to local people, the deceased, resident of Yarkhun in upper Chitral  area had went to Drosh in search of labour work, however, police head  constable Zia-ur-Rehman beat and tortured him to death for not processing his Computerised …