Peshawar's international airport renamed after Bacha Khan

ANP’s Asfandyar Wali Khan made the announcement at a short ceremony at the airport.


Umer Farooq January 27, 2012

PESHAWAR: The international airport for Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s capital Peshawar has been named after legendary Pashtun leader Bacha Khan.

The announcement was made on Friday by Awami National Party’s Asfandyar Wali Khan at a short ceremony held at the airport. Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani had earlier approved that the airport will be renamed.

According to a press statement, the ceremony was held at the lounge of the airport and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Amir Haider Khan Hoti, Senator Afrasyab Khattak and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Information Minister Iftikhar Hussain were present.

Earlier, at a public gathering in Peshawar on Thursday, the ANP chief had announced that the airport will be renamed.

The airport was made an international airport in 1965, and is served by middle-east’s best airlines including Emirates, Ettihad, Qatar Airways and GulfAir.

 

COMMENTS (36)

Atif | 12 years ago | Reply

Baacha Khan was the real traitor like Mir Jafir and Mir Saddiq, he was one of the stupid and idiot personalities in the world, His party is the most corrupt party in the world. Shame on you Baacha Khan, a traitor of the muslim world. He was willing to not to be buried on the soil of Pakistan.

nazarrabi | 12 years ago | Reply

@Abid P. Khan: North-West Frontier Province ,khaber pakhtunkhwa,pathan, taliban,Afghania or khan,

: these name has been named on our people by the arabs ,iranin or by someone in islambad panjabi

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