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MNA inaugurates extra electric supply to
Chitral
By Zahiruddin
CHITRAL: MNA from Chitral Shahzada Mohyuddin inaugurated
the express transmission line at grid station Jutilusht here on
Friday which will help reduce the duration of load shedding in the
city. Speaking on this occasion, the law maker said hat the line
was completed out of the development funds meant for his
constituency of national assembly. He said that the consumers of
the city will get the superfluous electricity from the hydro power
station of Reshun in upper Chitral. He said that during the last
two-and-half years, he has spent millions of rupees for
electrification in the area.
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GD Langlands awarded for his outstanding performance By
Our Correspondent
CHITRAL: The principal of Langlands School and College
Chitral, Geoffery Langlands has been awarded medal for his
outstanding performance in the field of education by Pakistan
Society based in London. Shahzada Farhad Aziz of the school told
chitraltimes.com here on Friday that Pakistan High commissioner in
Britain Wajid Shamsul Hassan presented him the award. He said that
Mr. Langland was serving in British army in India at the time of
independence but did not return and still serves here when he has
turned to 92. He said that Mr. Langlands served in Atchison College
Lahore as teacher, as founding principal of Cadet College Razmak,
North Waziristan before coming to Chitral in early 1990s. He said
that he established for the first time an English-medium school in
Chitral named Sayurj Public School which was later renamed after
him in recognition of his devoted services.
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Chitralian proposed diversion of KKH
to Chitral-Shandur Road By Zahiruddin
CHITRAL: The people of Chitral have proposed diversion of
vehicular traffic to Chitral-Shandur Pass route till the route of
Attabad Hunza is cleared of debris lake. Talking to
chitraltimes.com here on Thursday, Dr. Inayatullah Faizi and Syed
Sardar Hussain Shah, a development worker said that Shandur Top
route could be the best possible diversion which can provide a safe
and short passage to link the northern areas with Islamabad. They
said that from Gilgit to Islamabad, it takes about twenty hours
while via Shandur-Chitral route, its length may be longer by only
three hours. They said that Chitral route is the only option to
retain link of Gilgit with the federal capital as Babusar-Shangla
top also remains affected by the lake. They said that Gilgit
Shandur road has recently been widened and blacktopped from Gilgit
side to the Shandur Pass and Northern Areas Transport Company (NATCO)
has already launched bus services between Gilgit and Mastuj
Chitral. “the road from Shandur to Lowari top are quite feasible to
endure any volume of vehicular traffic and the road side area is
quite viable to receive any strength of passengers”, one of them
said. They recalled that in the remote past, Chitral formed of the
principality which stretched from Chitral to Gilgit and there are
still similarities in their cultures and way of life. “The people
of Chitral are eager to receive their Gilgiti brethren”, said Dr.
Faizi adding that Chitral has already became a vibrant market of
Chinese goods. He said that with the introduction of NATCO bus
service between Chitral and Gilgit, the interaction between the
people of the two areas has increased manifold.
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