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Emirates’ Al-Wahda’s Ahmad Ali Salem Khamis al-Abri tries to get past an Uzbek Bunyodkor defender during their AFC Champions League match in Abu Dhabi March 9. Bunyodkor won the match 2-1 taking first place in Group B. Uzbek Coach Luiz Felipe Skolari praised the team’s newest addition, Denilson of Brazil, who scored both Bunyodkor goals. [AFP/Getty Images]
Pashtun nationalist Ajmal Khattak laid to rest
NOWSHERA -- Ajmal Khattak, 85, a veteran Pashtun nationalist leader, journalist and poet, was laid to rest at Akora Khattak in Nowshera district February 8. He died a day earlier from an illness at his home.
Thousands of mourners from across the country attended funeral prayers. A high-level delegation of Afghanistan was also present at the funeral.
He was a member of the North-West Frontier Province assembly and a provincial minister in 1972. He spent several years in self-exile in Afghanistan during the Gen Zia-ul Haq military regime (1977-1988). Khattak served as president of the Awami National Party. He also earned the title of Baba-e-Nazam (Father of poem) for his technically strong poem.
