CHITRAL: The body of Bashir Ahmed of Khorkashan Deh, who died of coronavirus in Peshawar on Saturday, was buried under the standard operating procedure (SOP) set by the government, Deputy Commissioner Lower Chitral Naveed Ahmed told local media.
From his house to the graveyard and till the burial, the body was handled by staff of the tehsil municipal administration (TMA) while officials from police and Rescue 1122 were also present.
Earlier, a large number of people attended the funeral prayer. This was the first case of coronavirus inside Chitral though a senior retired banker from Chitral also died of the coronavirus in Karachi in April.