Legal Status
Up until 1983, Chitral Gol was considered to be the private property of His Highness the Mehtar of Chitral. The status of the park has been in dispute since and has become the issue of ongoing litigation between His Highness and the Government of Pakistan. The most recent decision of the Supreme Court of Pakistan has been that the park in its entirety is the personal property of His Highness. Thus the legal validity of its designation as a National Park has been challenged by judicial review.
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