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Jamaat-e-Islami has announced a long march towards Islamabad on September 20 against the petroleum levy. JI chief Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman said the government will have to withdraw the levy, which he described as a “Bhatta Tax,” and warned that the party will enter Islamabad from all directions. The body of 55-year-old paraglider Asif Mehmood, who had come from Islamabad to practise paragliding in Chitral, was found yesterday afternoon in the highland pastures of Oveer Valley in Upper Chitral. Mehmood had gone missing shortly after taking off from Zani Pass. His parachute and body were spotted by a shephard, who subsequently alerted the search and rescue teams. Diesel price has crossed Rupees 400 liter in Pakistan. This is the fifth consecutive day that prices are been rased vagrantly out here. Increase in diesel price effects every kind of commodity and specially hits the poorest segment of the society.

Chitral’s shelter home fund diverted to other district October 30, 2019
District Nazim rejects current Local Govt system in KP as ‘dummy’ October 16, 2018
District admin holds public forums in Upper Chitral May 28, 2018
Upper Chitral PTI workers demand separate district organisation December 22, 2017
District Council demands smooth, unhindered passage through Tunnel December 13, 2017
Is wearing of pant shirt by District Nazim an issue ? November 21, 2017