Father of Chitral-based journalist passes away

CHITRAL: Haji Abdul Mateen, a well-known trader of Chitral and father of senior journalist and chief editor of Chitral Express online newspaper Bashir Hussain Azad, passed away after a brief illness here on Friday.

He was 89. He will be laid to rest at his ancestral graveyard located at Chew Dok after funeral prayers to be held at Shahi Masjid Chitral after Zuhr prayers on Saturday.