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4500 MW electricity potential available in Chitral.......Engr Fazle Rabi

By Zahiruddin

CHITRAL: An electrical engineer from Chitral Fazle Rabbi has warned the government that the gap between supply and demand of electricity in Chitral will turn a horrendous shape if the galore of hydro-power potentials are not exploited on emergency basis. Addressing a press conference here on Saturday flanked by engineer Sardar Azam, he said that general capacity of the local small hydro power station of WAPDA is nearly one mega watt while the demand of the city exceeds 4 MW as a result of which load shedding of 20 hours has become the order of the day. He regretted the business activities has plunged to lowest ebb for want of power supply. He said that there are a large number of sites where small hydro-power stations can be built within a few months. He said that the work on the 106 mega watt Golen Gol Hydro project is going on with slow speed and may take more than decade for being commissioned to work. Mr. Rabbi said that according to the technical report of a German organization (GTZ), there is a potential of 4500 MW of electricity in the district but no solid strategy is in sight for their exploitation. He asked both the federal and provincial governments to launch a crash programme to overcome the shortage of power in the city which has put the whole population at tremendous trouble. He also proposed to run the diesel power generators of WAPDA in Chitral to lessen the duration of load shedding and mitigate their miseries.

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37 Civil Judges appointed and 55 regularized on BPS-18

Chitraltimes.com report

PESHAWAR: On the recommendation of the NWFP Public Service Commission, the competent authority has ordered the appointment of 37 candidates as Civil Judges-Cum-Judicial Magistrates/Illaqa Qazis in BPS-18 with effect from the date they assume charge of the posts, subject to medical fitness and antecedents verification. It was notified here by the Peshawar High Court. Meanwhile in view of the North West Frontier Province Employees (Regularization of Services) Act, 2009, the competent authority of Peshawar High Court has regularized the services of the 55 contract Civil Judges-cum-Judicial Magistrates in order to seniority fixed on the basis of date of birth as provided by sub-section 2 of the section 4 of the Act, with effect from 24th October 2009.