Funeral prayer, fateha offered for Dilip Kumar in Peshawar
July 8, 2021
PESHAWAR: The people of Peshawar, like other parts of the subcontinent, received with great shock the news about the death of the cinema legend from the city, Muhammed Yusuf Khan, who was popularly known by his screen name of Dilip Kumar and passed away in Mumbai on Wednesday at the age of 98 after a protracted illness.
The fans gathered at the Feelkhana Nawab Nasir Khan in Mohallah Khudadad at the back of the Qissa Khwani next to the ancestral home of the thespian.
They offered a funeral in absentia and fateha for the cinematic legend. The fans lit candles in front of a portrait of Dilip Kumar inscribed with writings to pay him rich tributes. Among them was Fuad Ishaq, a close relative of the late star and a prominent businessman who has served as president of the Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the past.
LANDIKOTAL: The Pakistani authorities donated seven containers of Covid-19 relief medicines to Afghanistan on Tuesday.
A ceremony was held at Zero Point at Torkham border to hand over the medicines to the Afghan authorities.
Commandant Khyber Rifles Col Rizwan, Chief Collector Customs (North) Asif Mahmood Jah, Afghan trade attaché’ in Peshawar Fawad Arsh, Khyber Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry members, customs standing committee convener Ziaullah Sarhadi, Federal Board of Revenue officials and others attended the ceremony.
Speaking on the occasion, Asif Mahmood Jah said Afghanistan had suffered due to the Covid-19 pandemic. He said that Covid-19 had also dealt a blow to the economy of Afghanistan.
July 7, 2021
LANDIKOTAL: The Pakistani authorities donated seven containers of Covid-19 relief medicines to Afghanistan on Tuesday. A ceremony was held at Zero Point at Torkham border to hand over the medicines to the Afghan authorities.
Commandant Khyber Rifles Col Rizwan, Chief Collector Customs (North) Asif Mahmood Jah, Afghan trade attaché in Peshawar Fawad Arsh, Khyber Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry members, customs standing committee convener Ziaullah Sarhadi, Federal Board of Revenue officials and others attended the ceremony.
Speaking on the occasion, Asif Mahmood Jah said Afghanistan had suffered due to the Covid-19 pandemic. He said that Covid-19 had also dealt a blow to the economy of Afghanistan. “Being Muslims, we feel the pain of our Afghan brothers and sisters,” he maintained. He said they had asked medicines companies in Pakistan to donate Covid-19 medicines to Afghanistan.
June 29, 2021
PESHAWAR: The Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) and district administration here on Monday decided to devise a joint mechanism to ensure maximum Covid-19 vaccination among trader community.
The decision was made during a meeting between SCCI President Sherbaz Bilour and Deputy Commissioner Khalid Mehmood.Calling for better coordination between the chamber and district administration, Sherbaz Bilour proposed that the district administration should designate a focal person to resolve the issues of the business community.
He urged the KP government to allow business activities round-the-clock in Peshawar and the rest of the province.The deputy commissioner acknowledged that the business community played a pivotal role in the economic development of the country.
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