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The mainstream Pakistani media has gone crazy highlighting that a girl belonging to the Kalash Tribe of Chitral has been forcefully converted to Islam. Here, the same girl is doing a press conference telling that she accepted Islam on her own free will and do not want any disruption of peace by unscrupulous elements based on her decision. I long for the day when our media reports objectively instead of adding spices to news. 

The newly built tunnel is wide and quite impressive at the entrance. However inside there is much work to be done. The total length of the project is 133 KM which include access road on both sides and the main tunnel which is of 8.5 KM. It is the longest tunnel in Pakistan for road access, however the length of Nelum Jhelum Project's tunnel located in Kashmir is 25 KM. English Channel connecting France and Britain under the sea is 51 KM while th e longest metro/rapid transit tunnel is Guangzhou Metro: Line 3 which a total length of 60 KM. Lawari tunnel is a way through rugged offshoot of Hindukush Ranges at the Chitral-Dir border. It is part of the Lawari tunnel project which in total of 133 KM length. It connects the northern district of Chitral with the rest of the country particularly during winters when the highland pass over the mountains is closed down due to heavy snowfall. Before the construction of this tunnel the travelers of Chitral used to go for a...

Saturday January 28, 2012 We had planned to get today’s flight to Islamabad. The weather was all clear but the plane didn’t  come again. The reason was poor load!! PIA has every other reason to not to fly to Chitral. I went to Chowni Hospital where my uncle was admitted. I was about to give blood for his operation but at the last moment I was sent back because the honorable Major doctor was a asleep and till noon. Came back to office and sat with Sir Sajjad. Went to PIA office for ticket reconfirmation. It didn’t happen because of the online system of PIA was down. Sunday January 29, 2012 This is a season of MALTAS in the Malakand and are scattered everywhere along roadside. The prices are however not in everyone's reach. Today was a memorable comfortable journey from Chitral to Peshawar. It was still yesterday night when we heard about the cancellation of flights. So we had planned to leave Chitral early today. I got up at 05:15 in the morning and left my room at...

Karakorum Highway Dated: 23 January, 2012 Our stay in Gilgit has came to an end and last night we were told by RPM to get ready for today travel. So it started with me suddenly working up to a phone bell and wondering where I was and it took time for me to figure out the things. The hotel man told me to get up as it was 5 o clock. Quickly I got myself prepared and the nice man had also prepared breakfast for us.  The conveyance came at around 6 o clock and we went to pick Our PM Mr. Amin Beg from his home somewhere in the near town. He was ready and put his luggage which included two bags of Gojal potatoes as well in the jeep and thus was the start of our journey. Coming out of gilgit I saw a signboard of telling that Islamabad is 583 KM ahead which was rather intimidating keeping in view of the treacherous road on which we were going to tread ahead. Also the weather was very much cloudy and it had not seen the face of any flight for the past couple o...