CHITRAL: On the direction of Provincial government, chief secretary KP and district administration in collaboration with Assistant Director Rural Development has completed the second phase of documents verification of religious clerics of different mosques in Chitral.
This is a part of initiative by provincial government for giving Rs 10,000 per month honorarium each to the religious clerics. In this regard, a ceremony was held at Shahi Mosque Chitral. Assistant Commissioner Chitral Sajid Nawaz as chief guest said it was a positive step by the provincial government for empowering religious clerics. He said that the honorarium would be increased with the passage of time.
Faheemul Jalal Assistant Director Rural Development said that the verification process of documents of clerics of Chitral was held and completed on merit basis. He said that some 500 clerics attended the session of verification and submitted their documents along with their account numbers. After completion of this process, their monthly stipend will start which would be transferred to their bank account
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