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Sghunder will be celebrated uniformity DCO Chitral.
CHITRAL: Shunder is our national festival and it will be celebrated jointly irrespectively of our political affiliation these views were expressed by District Coordination Officer Chitral Mutasim Billah Shah during a high level meeting at his office regarding preparation and celebration of Shundoor festival. In this connection a meeting was held here at DCO office chaired by District Nazim Chitral haji Maghfirat Shah. The meeting was attended by NWFP Minister for Population welfare Saleem Khan , MNA Chitral Shahzada Muhayuddin, MPA Chitral Ghulam Muhammad, DPO Chitral Sher Akbar Khan, Nazimeen of different Union councils, leaders of political and religious parties, president trade union, district Bar Association Chitral and notable people of Chitral. The meeting was started with the recitation from the Holy Quran.
DCO Chitral said that Shundur festival is very important for Chitral to survive our culture and our games. He said that we should to frame joint strategy to celebrate Shundoor with great zeal and zest. He said that we should to continue Shundor festival by all means. We have already arranged meeting with authorities of Gagoch and Shundoor for creating national harmony and to extend mental scope in national interest. He said that some elements wanted to deteriorate Shundor festival but we will fail all anti social elements. He said we should to jointly fail these elements and to maintain peaceful environment of Chitral as well as to celebrate Shundor festival in peaceful situation. He said we should to impart impression of a civilized nation and to empress our guests either they are domestic or foreigners as a one nation by uniformity, politically and socially.
Every guest coming to Shundor to feel our hospitality and to enjoy the peaceful environment of Chitral to assure our guests that Chitral is a peaceful zone despite of our backwardness and remoteness of locality DCO added. “Although Chitral is remote area but our think are develop he added. He requested all public representatives, leaders of political parties to ignore and forget all of their internal grudges and petty indifference to build their mind as a one nation to celebrate this festival jointly and uniformly. He appeals to all stakeholders to discourage and fail any act of miscreants by giving them no chance. He said that some hidden hands are trying to deteriorate our peaceful environment but this is our moral duty to fail them. Muhammad Wazir Nazim union council Yarkhun pointed out that inhabitants of his UC are disconnected due to damage of jeep able bridge at Yarkhun River at Brep. He warned for protesting against the government by set in a
hunger strike at Shundur. He walks out as a protest but later on he was persuaded and call by DCO and Syed Muzzaffar Jan president ANP Chitral by assuring him that the matter will be settle very soon after Shundor.
District Police Officer Chitral Sher Akbar Khan also assured of maintaining of peaceful environment and to celebrate Shundor festival in a pleasant situation. He said that technical experts staff will be called from Peshawar including bomb disposal squad.
Proposal sought from all stake holders regarding welcome address to chief guest. Saleem Khan Provincial minister proposed for demanding of 2 billion rupees for maintenance and repair of infrastructure of Chitral. Some Nazimeen complained regarding not completion of Brep Bridge and construction of Pedestal Bridge at Snoghur. On this district Nazim directed Deputy Director Works and Services to immediately call the contractor and to start the work on both project other wise their contract may be cancelled. Saleem Khan vowed that an open forum (Open Katechry) will be held after Shundor festival to listened grievances of people of different areas. As well as an meeting will also be called on 13th July for this purpose to settle all problems. Construction and blacktopping of Booni to Shundor road (70 KM) was also discussed in the meeting and EDO Works & Services was directed to peruse the case for releasing of fund of 491 million announced on president
directive. MNA Chitral also admitted to be celebrating Shundor festival as one nation. It was also discussed that two mega projects would be inaugurated by Chief Minister if he came to Chitral. All the stake holders united on one point agenda that Shundor festival should be celebrated full fledge and great zeal and zest to attract more and more tourists.
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