Peshawar: Upper Chitral has been accorded the status of a separate district with Booni Town as its headquarters, a news source reported. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government notified the development after it approved the division of Chitral into two separate districts.
According to the notification issued by the Board of Revenue, the provincial government notified Upper Chitral as a district with Booni town as its district headquarters with immediate effect in exercise of powers conferred under sections 5 and 6 of Land Revenue Act, 1967.
Upper Chitral would now include Mastuj and Torkhow/Mulkhow subdivisions. Areas of Chitral tehsil, however, have not been made part of the district.
According to the notification, union councils and wards including Booni, Laspur, Mastuj and Yarkhun will be parts of Mastuj tehsil while Torkhow/Mulkhow tehsil would include Khot, Shogram, Terich, Mulkhow, Kosht and Owir union councils.
Prior to the bifurcation, Chitral was the largest district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in terms of area and spread over 14,850 square kilometres. The bifurcation would open new vistas for development as it has increased the number of tehsils from two to four.
