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All the paperwork for acquiring land has been concluded and the payments would be given to landowners in a couple of weeks. There was an agreement between KPK government and FWO for the construction of oil refinery. Peshawar Model City Township and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa China Investment Plan (KPCIP)-M1 City Nowshera, three hydropower plants in Chitral were also part of the agreement along …

CHITRAL: The residents on Friday staged a protest against the suspension of construction work on a bridge in Orghuch and threatened to launch a protest campaign if the work was not resumed immediately. The dwellers of Orghuch took out the protest procession to demand resumption of the construction work on the bridge. Gohar Ali and Noorul Akbar were leading the …

CHITRAL: Community Based Organizations (CBO) conference held at Garmchishma some 45 KM from here. The conference was organized by LGE & RDD which was facilitated by Sarhad Rural Support program. provincial Secretary Local Government Syed Jamaluddin Shah was chief guest on the occasion while the conference was presided over by district Nazim Haji Maghfirat Shah. Addressing to the conference District …

CHITRAL: Councillors of the town area on Thursday appreciated all the stakeholders for solving the electricity issue in the town. Speaking at a press conference here, councillors Mir Samad Khan, Manzoor Ahmed, Maulana Zamir and civil society members appreciated the officials of district administration and Sarhad Rural Support Programme for resolving the distribution issue of two megawatts electricity.

CHITRAL: Four senior members of Jamat Islami (JI) resign from membership of JI.  Atiqur Rehman Tehsil Amir, Hayatullah Khan Naib Nazim,  Engineer Fazal Rabbi and Hidayatullah former  General Secretary of JI submitted their resignations from membership as protest Talking to this scribe on phone member who resigned confirmed their resignation on the condition of anonymity. They said that we had …

CHITRAL:  Awami National Party (ANP) workers held at Peace Rally cum independence walk at Chitral. The rally started from its main office passing through Abdul Wali Khan By pass road and returned on Shahi Bazaar road. The rally was leading by Haji Eidul Hussain district president of ANP while other senior leaders and workers were also present on the occasion. …

DROSH: A youth councillor booked by the local police a few weeks ago on the charge of pelting stones on a religious school (madrassa) was on Wednesday released by the district and sessions court of Chitral. The Councillor was brought to his hometown of Drosh in a procession of people and garlanded upon arrival at his home. According to sources, …

CHITRAL: After a request by MNA Shahzada Iftikhar Uddin to open 10 new stores in Chitral, the Utility Stores Corporation has decided to open 10 more outlets in the district, said the MNA. After consultation with Shahzada Iftikhar the MD Utility Stores has directed GM to open new stores in the following areas: 1. Super Store Drosh 2. Super Store …

Pakistan’s cultural and linguistic diversity has never been a much discussed subject in the channels of national discourse either in media, education or academia. However, despite that, Pakistan has continued to accommodate a rich cultural diversity as the society is largely multi ethnic and multicultural. The Pakistani society comprises various diverse cultures and ethnic communities that majorly involve Punjabi, Sindhi, Baloch, …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Tajikistan have formed a committee to draw a plan for laying a second power transmission line from Central Asia through the northern areas of Pakistan. The two countries are already working on the Central Asia-South Asia (Casa) power supply project, under which Pakistan will receive 1,000 megawatts of electricity to meet domestic needs. Tajikistan is keen to export …