Mail from Karachi for Haji Maghfirat Shah District Nazim chitral.

During his visit to Karachi in May 2007, Nazim Haji Maghfirat Shah met Chitral Welfare Association Office Bearers, members and other elders of Chitral living in Karachi. Quite a large number of Chitralis were present to welcome Nazim and expressed their happiness to be with their Nazim for the first time in Karahi. District Nazim shared many  happenings and projects running currently and also that due for next year in Chitral. Chitralis living in Karachi expressed their happiness & satisfaction with peaceful environment and state of harmony in Chitral, Lowari Rail Tunnel Project and monitoring the quality of some very important projects like metalled road, irrigation channel & etc by public representatives & City Government and at the same time expressed concern over non implementation of the Chitral Package of 2.25 billion announced by the Chief Minister NWFP in 2004 and blacktopping of Booni Shandur road with bridge on river Yarkhun at Mastuj announced by President of Pakistan in 2005.

Through this mail Chitralis living in Karachi remind District Nazim about some very important issues relating to Chitralis in Chitral and thatin Karachi. These are as under:-

1. Establishment of Cadet College in Chitral.

District Nazim Chitral is requested to initiate and get approval of Cadet College for Chitral from President Pervaiz Musharaf during his visit to Chitral for Shandur Festival in July 07 and or move application to his office in Rawalpindi.

2. Allotment of land in Karachi for residential colonies.

Accepting Chitral Nazim invitation, Chief Minister Sindh shall hopefully be visiting Chitral for Shandur Festival this year as indicated by Nazim during his meeting with elders in Karachi. Right & high time for Nazim to please present a proposal requesting Chief Minister to provide land for residential colonies to accommodate more than 40000 Chitralis  living in Karachi. If for one or the other reasons, Chief Minister does not come to Chitral, Nazim Chitral is requested to please contact him personally or through mail and get this job done for Chitralis living in Karachi.

3. Mastuj- Broghel Road.

Chitral is fortunate to have been blessed with mountains full of minerals, rivers, peaks, lakes, forest and above all peace loving people with worth seen sceneries We see that almost all Union Council villages and valleys are connected through link (jeep able) road except UC Yarkhun and specially its upper area like from Yarkhun Lasht to Broghel about 60 km has no even a safe pedestal for walking. Urgent need for District Government is to plan for construction of jeep able road from Yarkhun Lasht to Qurambara Lake (Broghel Pass) on priority basis using own resources and that of NGOs working in Chitral. This would enable people living here to meet and see areas not seen before, exchange views and find out and learn ways required for socio economic development. This would help Broghel festival attracting tourist from abroad.

Liaquat Ali
Karachi.