GILGIT, July 5: The Northern Areas administration has transferred Gilgit Deputy Commissioner Zarak Mirza and posted him as the Skardu district DC. Additional secretary to Northern Areas chief secretary Asadullah has been posted as Gilgit deputy commissioner. Skardu Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Shafa has been made Gilgit additional deputy commissioner.

Sources said Northern Areas secretary transport, commerce and tourism Zafar Iqbal has been made OSD.

Director education (school academics) Shahzada Ibrahim has been transferred and posted as director (planning) in the education department, whereas Northern Areas College of Education’s principal Chaudhry Khalid Mehmood has been posted as director education (school academics).

Opinion

Editorial

Centre vs provinces
Updated 10 Jun, 2026

Centre vs provinces

The reason the centre finds itself in this position is rooted in its failure to expand the tax net and boost revenues.
Party in crisis
10 Jun, 2026

Party in crisis

THE young KP chief minister must be starting to realise just how thorny a seat he occupies. There has been a flurry...
Varsity woes
10 Jun, 2026

Varsity woes

FINANCIAL crises affecting public sector universities across Pakistan are now having an impact on academic...
Doctor attacked
09 Jun, 2026

Doctor attacked

AN act of reprehensible violence has shaken the medical community. On Saturday, an employee of the Provincial Civil...
AJK flare-up
Updated 09 Jun, 2026

AJK flare-up

The situation started deteriorating after a trader affiliated with the JAAC was reportedly shot in an altercation with law-enforcers.
Fault lines
09 Jun, 2026

Fault lines

THE April 8 ceasefire that halted hostilities between Israel and Iran has encountered its most serious test yet....