All-parties moot demands opening of Lowari Tunnel

Report Bashir Hussain Azad, Chitral
An all parties meeting was held at the Govt Commerce College Chitral in which a great number of political activists belonging to different parties, nazims, representatives of trade unions and transport unions participated. The meeting was chaired by District Nazim Haji Maghfirat Shah.
The main point of the meeting was how to solve the transportation problem of edible items; sugar, oil and gas that have fallen short in the market and their prices have skyrocketed. Serious patients referred to Peshawar for specialized treatment have suffered a lot owing to the unavailability of the conveyance facility. The meeting termed the route via Afghanistan risky in these days and unanimously demanded that Lawari tunnel if opened twice a week or for two hours every day will solve the problem. Haji Maghfirat Shah District Nazim Chitral, Muhammad Hakim Khan Advocate General Secretary PPP, Jamaat Islami Ameer Maulana Ghulam Muhammad, Syed Ahmed President Muslim Legue (Q) Balinas of JUI, Sartaj Ahmed Khan Tehsil Nazim, Habib Hussain Mughul President of Trade Union, Muhammad Sardar and President Chitral Press Club Shah Murad Baig during their speech told that the authorities of SAMBO and other consultant have agreed for the limited use of the tunnel and have termed it quite feasible but they asked astonishingly as who was impeding the approval of the opening of Lawari tunnel. District Nazim said that at this critical juncture of Lawari tunnel is not opened, an uncontrollable law and order situation will prop up. Hence all the speakers stressed that Lowari tunnel should be opened immediately for the common people.