August 22, 2016
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President confers Tamgha-i-Shujaat on CPEC contractor
PESHAWAR: President Mamnoon Hussain has conferred Tamgha-i-Shujaat on Abdul Wajid Khan, owner of a construction company.Wajid, 43, was killed along with his driver while driving from Quetta to Panjgur town of Balochistan in an attack by unidentified miscreants on May 29, 2015. He has left behind a widow, two daughters and a son.
His Premier Construction Company has been working on a project in the area, which is part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
He was the brother of US-based senior journalist and former president of Peshawar Press Club and Khyber Union of Journalists Jehangir Khattak, Col (retd) Mohammad Alamgir Khan, United States-based Dr Munir Khan, Abdul Majid Khan and Khanzada Tanveer.
The award would be given away on March 23, 2017, at Aiwan-i-Sadr (President House), Islamabad.
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk