Golden era of former Swat State recalled
By Fazal Khaliq MINGORA: Speakers at a seminar in Saidu Sharif urged the local elders to educate young generation about the former princely state of Swat. “It was a social welfare state,” they told the seminar. The seminar was held to pay homage to first ruler of Swat Miangul Abdul Wadood alias Badshah Sahib and last ruler Miangul Abdul Haq Jahanzeb. Swat was merged into Pakistan in 1969. Miangul Sheharyar Amirzeb, the grandson of the last ruler of Swat, said on the occasion that former princely state had focused on education, health and communication sectors to benefit people. He...
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