Former district nazim Battagram, Atta Ur Rehman Tarand has died after being infected by covid-19.
According to local media, Atta Ur Rehman Tarand who was cousin of special assistant to chief minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Taj Muhammad Khan Tarand breathed his last at the age of 60’s.
Media said, he was recovered from the coronavirus but his lungs were failed by the deadly virus and he had been battling against the illness for the last month.
His funeral would be offered at Tarand today on Monday at 3 o’clock.
Entire Battagram district has fallen into a deep sorrow due to the demise of Atta Ur Rehman, he was the uncle of the journalist Nadar Khan.
The number of covid-19 fatalities in Battagram reached to 18 so far.
