CHITRAL: Lower Chitral District and Sessions Judge Khalid Khan administered the oath to the newly-elected office-bearers of the district bar association here on Saturday.

Deputy commissioner Mohammad Imran Khan was the chief guest on the occasion.

Senior civil judge (judicial) Farman Ali, senior civil judge (admin) Mohammad Hayat and civil judges Mohammad Siddique, Sher Hasan Khan and Kaleemullah were also in attendance.

The office-bearers included president Sajidullah, vice-president Mohammad Kausar Chughtai, general secretary Nabek Kalash, finance secretary Faisal Kamal and library secretary Zafarul Haq.

Speaking on the occasion, DC Imran urged the lawyers to play their role in providing cheap and speedy justice to the litigants.

He also inaugurated a library in the bar room.

ACCIDENT: A passenger coaster coming to Chitral from Peshawar rammed into a roadside wall near the Lowari tunnel after the driver lost control over it.

A police official told Dawn that the vehicle carrying over 20 passengers turned upside down after hitting the wall. Luckily, he said all the passengers remained unhurt.

The immediate reason of the accident was the driver catnapped after leaving the tunnel.

On Friday, another coaster had veered off the road and fell on a house before entering the tunnel.

Published in Dawn, May 12th, 2024