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Any change in Lowari tunnel project opposed

By Zahiruddin

CHITRAL, July 28: The residents of Chitral have expressed their determination that no change in the design of Lowari tunnel or any delay will be tolerated and warned of protest strikes if any one tried to do so. Addressing a crowded press conference here on Monday, former MNA Moulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali, President of Traders union Habib Hussain Mughal, Sifat Zarin district president of PML-N, human rights activist Niaz Ahmed advocate, Moulana Khalil Ahmed and others said that the Lowari tunnel project is of immense importance for the people of Chitral and they will never compromise on this at any cost. They alleged that there is a certain lobby in Chitral who work against the project and raise doubts about the viability of the project. They further alleged that the incumbent MNA from Chitral Shahzada Mohyuddin is openly opposing the project to gain his personal ends and the recent rumours about change in the design of the tunnel is a part of the game played by such elements. They said that no power in this stage of the project can dare to stop or bring about change in it as the people will rise in revolt which will go beyond the control of the government. They said that the people of Chitral have long been waiting for the realization of the ‘dream of Lowari tunnel’ and they will shrink from no sacrifice to this. They expressed their hope that the first phase of the project will be completed by the month of November this year and the people of Chitral will make jubilations on this occasion. They demanded of the government to initiate work on Tajikistan-Chitral road after the completion of Lowari tunnel.
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3 died in road accident

By our Correspondent

CHITRAL: Three persons died and seven injured seriously when a van plunged into a ravine at Naghar near Drosh town here on Sunday morning, police sources said. The van bearing number PRA 5252 was going to Arandu when it skidded off the road as a result of which Zaman Khan, Rahim Khan and Hussain Ali, all of Jinjirate Koh valley. The injured have been removed to civil hospital Drosh where two of them are in precarious condition, said the hospital sources.