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Residents of Gobor demands emergency relief
By Zahiruddin
CHITRAL: The residents of Gobor have demanded of the
government to declare their area as calamity hit and solve their
problems on priority basis otherwise the people will resort to mass
migration to save their lives. Addressing a press conference here
on Friday, former councilors from the area Muhammad Hussain,
Muhammad Tahir and Abdul Halim said that the area borders
Afghanistan and has remained backward while intense weather
conditions due to its occurrence in high altitude aggravates their
problems. They said that due to premature snowfall in the area, the
crops of wheat, potato and barely have completely been destroyed
which formed source of sustenance for the people. They said that in
the absence of any a solid support on the part of the government,
all the dwellers of five hundred households will face starvation.
They added that farming is the only source of earning livelihood
for the people of this remote area. They regretted that from the
year 1980 to 2001, the district council earned about 40 millions of
rupees as octroi tax for Afghan trade but not a single penny was
spent on the uplift of this border area which is bereft of basic
amenities of life. They said that the area connects Chitral with
Badakhshan area of Afghanistan and has served as important trade
route between Chitral and Afghanistan. They further complained that
in the district border force which has been raised to check
smuggling and illegal crossing of borders, the residents of Gobor
have so far been neglected altogether while they can more helpful
due to their intimacy with the local routes. They demanded of
district coordination officer of Chitral who is also the commandant
of the force to include maximum number of youth from the area in
the forthcoming recruitments which is in progress. They said that
the proposed Chitral-Tajikistan road will pass through the area but
some elements have been active to get it diverted to Baroghil Pass
only for their political ends. They stressed that the road via
Gobor is the shortest and safest of all and the government should
ignore such impracticable and selfish proposals.
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JI demands to take stern notice on public
dilemma
By Zahiruddin
CHITRAL: In the meeting of executive committee of
Jamaat-e-Islami Chitral district held here on Friday, the
government was asked to take stern notice of the unscheduled and
prolonging load shedding of power in the district which exceeds
nineteen hours daily. Through a unanimously passed resolution, the
attention of the government was also diverted to the problem of
soaring prices of the commodities of daily use in the district
despite the fact that Lowari Tunnel has been opened for the general
public which has also shortened the journey between Chitral and
Upper Dir districts. The resolution also points out the exorbitant
fares of flying coaches between Chitral and Upper and criticized
the government for letting loose the transporters to fleece the
passengers. It has been demanded to rationalize the fares and fix
new prices for the commodities of daily use. Through the
resolution, the provincial government was criticized for keeping
mum over the irregularities in awarding the contract of
transportation of wheat from Nowshera to Chitral by Food
Department. It was demanded that a high level inquiry be ordered to
bring to book the responsible elements who have inflicted loss of
millions of rupees to the national treasury.
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Press Club Election , Zahirud Din Elected as President
From Our Correspondent
CHITRAL: In the annual election of Chitral Press Club,
Zahiruddin (Dawn) has been elected as president while Abdul Ghaffar
(weekly Awaz-e-Chitral) as general secretary here on Thursday. The
other elected office-bearers included Noor Afzal Khan (daily Aaj)
and Taj Muhammad (office secretary). Deputy Director of Press
information department, Muhammad Yousuf Shahzad supervised the
election process while Fakhre Alam, Shahriyar Baig and Muhkamuddin
were the members of election committee. the other candidates for
the office of president included Shah Murad Baig (The News) and
Jahangir Jigar (daily Jang)
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Chitral Police recovered 1536 gram opium, 88
Kg Chars & 662 Letter Liquor during the year 2009
By Zahiruddin
CHITRAL: Chitral Police recovered 1536 grams of opium, 88 kg
of charas and 662 litres of liquor during the year 2009, says a
press issued from the offices of DPO here on Friday. The arms and
ammunition recovered during the year included 3 klashnikovs, 10
pistals, 13 rifles, 313 cartridges and two daggers and arrested the
accused. The district police nabbed forty one proclaimed offenders
involved in different heinous crimes during the year, the press
release reads.
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