Day: January 2, 2016

BY Fazal Khaliq  MINGORA: Despite claims by the past governments, the Saidu Sharif Prison has been awaiting reconstruction for last 10 years. The jail was pulled down by the district government after it developed cracks in the 2005 earthquake. Since then, the prisoners from the district have been sent to Timergara and Buner jails for locking up. The Saidu Sharif Prison was built in 1957 during the rule of Miangual Jahanzeb, the last ruler of the princely state of Swat. “Though the condition of the jail was not that much bad in the wake of the 2005 earthquake, the...