‘Chitral to get subsidised wheat’

CHITRAL: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and former member provincial assembly (MPA) Said Ahmad Khan on Monday said that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had assured provision of subsidised wheat to the Chitral district. Speaking at a press conference here, he said the prime minister twice visited the quake victims and announced development projects and relief packages for them. He said that supply of 30 megawatt power, construction of the Chitral-Chakdara Road, Chitral-Shandur Road, Chitral-Bamburet Road, Chitral-Garam Chashma Road, Chitral-Tajikistan Road, completion of Lowari Tunnel by December 2016 and remission of students’ fees under the Prime Minister’s Scheme were the major projects announced by the prime minister. He said the prime minister also assured to establish full-fledged university for the students of Chitral district. “We are thankful to the prime minister for his visits and announcement of the development projects for the underdeveloped and mountainous district of Chitral,” he said. He said the federal government had given Rs100 million to the district administration under the compensation package for the earthquake victims. The PML-N leader said that more than 20,000 families were affected by the earthquake.