Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Mian Saqib Nisar has taken notice of closure of Lowari Tunnel on an application of residents of Chitral. He has sought report from Secretary Communication, Chairman National Highways Authority and Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in this regard within five ...

CHITRAL:Continued rain and heavy snowfall have brought the mercury down in Chitral and made the life harsh forpeople living in the mountainous region. The lone land route Lowari Pass was blocked at Lowari Tunnel due to heavy snowfall and disconnected Chitral from other parts of the cournty. The ...

Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif inaugurated Lowari Tunnel in Upper Dir on Thursday afternoon.The tunnel between Dir and Chitral has been completed at a cost of about twenty-seven billion rupees.   The Prime Minister was informed that under the project, two tunnels having a length of ten ...

CHITRAL: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will inaugurate the Lowari Tunnel on Thursday.According to Member National Assembly Iftikharuddin, the prime minister would inaugurate the Lowari Tunnel and other mega projects in the district.He will also address a public gathering at polo ground in Chitral, he ...

ISLAMABAD: The Lowari tunnel project was nearing competition and will become operational by June, said an official of National Highway Authority (NHA) on Wednesday. About unusual delay in the completion of the project he said that work on Lowari tunnel project which started in Sept 2005 was ...

The federal government has provided twenty-five billion rupees for construction of Lowari Tunnel during last three years. According to official sources, the project would be completed in next four months and opened to all kind of traffic. It would give free access to the people of Chitral who ...

PESHAWAR (APP): Lowari tunnel have been closed for traffic due to heavy snow fall and the largest district Chitral is cut-off from the rest of country, a spokesman of the PDMA Latif-ur-Rehman while talking to APP confirmed.Punjab PDMA seeks help from NDMA for flood assistanceHowever, people can go ...

CHITRAL: (APP) Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Wednesday visited the Lowari Tunnel and inspected the construction activities underway.The tunnel, situated 7200 feet above sea level, will be completed by June 2017 at a cost of about Rs 26 billion.The Prime Minister went inside the tunnel, ...

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif will visit Chitral next week to review the progress of work on Lowari Tunnel Project.The Project will be completed next year. Lowari Tunnel will be all weather road link between Chitral valley and the rest of the country.It would provide an ...

ISLAMABAD: (APP) The government of Pakistan has released Rs 95615 million for National Highway Authority under the Public Sector Development Sector (PSDP) till June 30.Rs 20,000 million have been released for Lahore-Abdul Hakeem Section (230 km) of Karachi-Lahore Motorway (KLM), while Rs 5250 ...