PESHAWAR: Three-day celebrations marking the completion of 40 years of Aga Khan Rural Assist Programme (AKRSP) in Chitral began on Tuesday with the theme of “40 years of localism and native growth”.

Civil society representatives from Decrease and Higher Chitral districts are taking part in these celebrations in massive numbers.

In line with a press release issued right here, Decrease Chitral deputy commissioner Anwarul Haq addressed the inaugural ceremony.

He mentioned AKRSP was the one NGO which was doing greater than every other organisation within the area for empowering the neighborhood and contributing to reaching the objective of sustainable growth.

He congratulated the establishment on finishing 40 years and appreciated its outstanding function in Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral.

Earlier, the programme’s regional supervisor Akhtar Ali defined the goals of the anniversary celebrations.

Studying out the message of AKRSP common supervisor Jameeluddin, he mentioned 40 years of exemplary neighborhood service wouldn’t have been potential with out the help of native communities.

“Since its inception, AKRSP has educated 1,263,000 women and men in numerous technical {and professional} fields and accomplished 4,706 neighborhood infrastructure tasks, benefiting 383,421 households,” he mentioned.

In one other session, Decrease Chitral district police officer Nasir Mehmood was the chief visitor whereas the neighborhood was represented by former district council chairman Khurshid Ali Khan and others.

On this event, the AKRSP’s function in eradicating backwardness, pioneering new concepts of rural growth and organising the neighborhood on a sustainable foundation in Chitral was highlighted.

A photograph exhibition can also be below method, which highlights the organisation’s achievements in numerous fields, together with local weather resilience, agriculture and meals safety and others.

Round 27 stalls of conventional clothes, herbs, valuable stones, musical devices, meals objects and dry fruits had been additionally arrange on the event.

Revealed in Daybreak, November twenty third, 2022