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Rumburian demands to stop illegal cutting of forests
By Zahiruddin
CHITRAL: The residents of Shiekhandeh of Rumbur valley have
demanded of the government to take a stern notice of the illegal
cutting forest of the area by a contractor through a fake joint
forest management committee (JFMC). Addressing a press conference
here on the other day, the residents Abdus Saboor Qureishi, Abdul
Shakoor, Mehrabuddin, Saifullah Jan, Sher Wali and others alleged a
contractor Muhammad Yaqoob is illegally cutting the trees of the
forest which is already endangered. They said that the government
had decided to form JFMCs to oversee and manage the forest affairs
consisting of local people but in the formation of JFMC Rumbur, the
local people were ignored. They said that the local people
nominated the office-bearers and members of the committee by their
own and submitted to the local office of the department but to no
avail. They warned that the residents of the valley will put
resistance to the deforestation by the contractor if the concerned
authorities did not check the obnoxious practice.
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Chitralis condemned the statement of
President of SCCI
By Zahiruddin
CHITRAL: The executive member of Chitral chamber of commerce
Safeerullah has condemned the statement of the president of Sarhad
chamber of commerce and industry (SCCI) Riaz Arshad who had opposed
relief package for Chitral in his TV interview. In a press
statement issued here on Wednesday, he said that the traders of
Chitral were equally affected in the war on terror. He said that
due to the operation in Malakand, the road was closed and Chitral
remained cut off from the rest of the country for more than seven
months. He said that the traders community of Chitral suffered a
colossal loss due to the blockade of the road while the retardation
of tourism industry in the area also caused loss to them. He
demanded of the government not to take any notice of such
irresponsible statements and go ahead with the relief package for
the traders community of Chitral.
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