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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: Sixteen members of a family have been affected of cholera in Orsoon area of Chitral. Nemat Rahim and Said Rahim, members of the affected family, told this correspondent on telephone that 16 members of the family, including women and children have affected of cholera from Monday night. They said there is no healthcare facilities in their area. They said the Pakistan …

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 …

CHITRAL: The elders of Mogh village of Lot Koh valley here have demanded of the government to take stern action against the divisional forest officer of wildlife department for establishing ‘fake’ village conservation committee (VCC) for their village. Addressing a press conference here the other day, Bahram Shah, Adina Gul, Ali Daad, Ali Nawaz, Rustam Shah, Ejaz Hussain and others …

CHITRAL: The Chitral Scouts won the District Cup Polo Tournament by defeating the Chitral Levies by three goals in the final match here on Thursday. It was a thrilling game, whose control shifted from one team to the other until the last 10 minutes. Feroz Ali of Chitral Levies scored the first goal of the match in the fourth minute, …