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SLSP strengthens livestock department
By Zahiruddin
CHITRAL: The Strengthening of Livestock Project (SLSP) has
provided tremendous incentives to the farmers of Chitral to improve
their livelihood by introducing them the ways of livestock keeping
in new and scientific lines which fetch them income from their
products. Talking to chitraltimes.com here on Tuesday, the district
of livestock Dr. Fazli Ghaffar said that the European Union funded
project was launched some years ago which was meant to strengthen
the livestock department to extend and improve its services. He
said that sheep culture is practiced in many areas of the district
like Garam Chashma valley, Kalash valley and upper Chitral and the
processing of wool was a problem for them while the project has
solved it by setting up wool processing unit in Garam Chashma which
is on the verge of completion. He said that the superb quality of
wool was purchased by the woolen mills owners from down districts
on exploitative rates of about 80 rupees per kilogram in its raw
form. “Now the processed and carded wool will be sold at price as
high as Rs.700 per kg and this will change the very destiny of the
farmers”, he said. He said that this will also encourage the
farmers to raise more sheep and this will further promote cottage
industry in the area. Mr. Ghaffar said that seeds of improved
Australian breed of sheep are also provided to the farmers by the
SLSP to multiply the race. He said that 2600 chicken of Irish breed
were distributed among the women farmers who will distribute the
eggs to the other farmers to proliferate the race. He said that 31
veterinary assistants of the department were provided with
motorcycles in the district to ensure their availability to the
farmers at their doorstops when needed. He said that it was not
possible for the field staff to reach the farmers due to the fact
that the district is sparsely populated. He said that instruments
of different nature were also provided to the department to help it
to cure the ailing livestock which the department was short of. He
said that community participatory approach is also being used by
the project as the farmers have been organized under shepherd
organizations on village level. He said that the farmers of the
organizations are sent to the agricultural institutes outside the
district to impart them extensive training on livestock keeping
while many persons will also be sent to an institute in Sargodha to
receive training on operating the machinery of wool processing
unit.
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PPP activists jubiliate the swearing in of President Zardari
By Zahiruddin
CHITRAL: The activists of PPP held a meeting on the occasion
of swearing in of the newly elected president of Pakistan Asif Ali
Zardari here on Tuesday. Divisional information secretary of the
party Iqbal Hayat, district general secretary Mohammad Hakim
advocate and others said that with the election of Zardari to the
office of President, the democracy has returned to the country to
its full. They said that the poor people across the country have
pined their hopes on Asif Zardari who has the capability of
fulfilling their dreams into reality by fighting poverty which was
the mission of Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. Meanwhile, the convenor
of Chitral Dost Muttahida Movement Haji Sardar Mohammad Khan has
congratulated Asif Ali Zardari on his election as president of the
country. In a press statement issued here on Tuesday, he expressed
his hope that the newly elected president will ensure the
reinstatement of the constitution in its original form of 1973 and
will restore the deposed judges along with the chief justice
Iftikhar Choudhry. He said that the president should also face the
challenges of terrorism without hurting the national interests.
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