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Active PPP worker and former Nazim Sajjad Ahmad joined PTI.

 

CHITRAL: Former Nazim of Union Council Chitral-II and an active worker

of Pakistan Peoples Party Sajjad Ahmad announced and joined Pakistan

Tehreeki Insaf (PTI). Talking to this scribe he said that he was

already a worker of PTI but due to some reasons I had joined PPP to

fulfill mission of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Shaheed hence now the situation

has been totally changed and I want to serve the people by joining

Pakistan Tahreeki Insaf. He said that Imran Khan is a prominent person

who recognized the country in cricket field on world level and now

serving the people as a politician. He said I am very much impressed

from his personality because no charges of allegations have been

framed against him. Meanwhile social and political circle of Chitral

highly hailed and appreciated this step of Sajjad Ahmad Khan for

better service of the area.

 

Rumboor village of Kalash valleys loose its beauty due to apathy of

the authority.

 

CHITRAL: The most popular and rare nation of the world Kalash

community who having very unique culture is living here in 3 valleys.

Bumborate, Birir and Rumboor. Hence roads linking to these valleys are

in a very dilapidated condition. Its dilemma is not only poor

communication system but also lack of other civic amenities like

health, education etc. Kalash people are deprived from phone facility

despite that a telephone exchange has been installed at Bumborate only

for that area but its solar system out of order and not working

properly. The remaining two valleys are totally deprived from

communication facility because there is no mobile networking no

telephone and no wirlessloop (V PTCL). Rumboor is one of them the

most beautiful and attractive valley but inhabitants of this beautiful

valley are deprived from basic facilities totally. There is no

blacktop road, no phone facility, no hospital except of a small

dispensary, which is also, lack of medicines and no high school or

college.

 

Kalash women carrying water in pitches from far flung areas on their

heads. There is no proper transport facility in the valley in case of

emergency people are compelled to carry their patients in a cot by

feet for 17 KM. And sometimes they expire on their way before reaching

to the hospital. There is no convincing any transport available for

the valley after 2. O'clock in afternoon in case of emergency

transporter charges huge amount from passengers.

 

There is no middle, high school for boys or girls and that is why male

and female students travel by feet to Bumborate high school. Water in

the valley have been freeze and people facing great problems in

getting potable drinking water. Kalash women usually washing their

cloth in water canal (stream) flowing outside of the valley. There is

acute shortage of Bashalini (menses houses for Kalsh women where they

shifting in case of their monthly menses and delivery because in

Kalash religious they banned to stay inside the house during this

period). Miss Meetagul of Rumboor while talking this scribe that she

is under BA but due to no educational facility in the valley she has

shifted Chitral and living in hostel of a private College. Muneer

Ahmad a minority councilor of Union council Ayun from this valley told

that they facing great problems and they are being treating as step

mother by our rulers because the valley is still deprived from

electricity and telephone facility hence there is a private micro

hydro power house in the valley but it is not sufficient to electrify

the whole valley. He said that tourists arriving here from world level

but they facing great problems due to no communication network or any

other civic facilities for them in the valley. He said that we can

cash Eco tourism in this valley if we provide facilities to tourists

both domestic and foreigners. He appeal Federal as well Provincial

government for providing basic facilities and civic amenities to

dwellers of this valley because these people have international

importance because of heir unique culture.

 

G.H. Farooqi PO Box No. 50 GPO Chitral Pakistan phone No. 03025989602,

0943-302295, 414418

Email: gulhamad@gmail.com

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