More than two years after a rescue operation that held Pakistan transfixed, Muhammad Ali Swati, the volunteer rescuer from Mansehra who helped save stranded schoolchildren during the Battagram chairlift disaster has been awarded the Tamgha-i-Imtiaz, one of the country’s highest civilian honours. The award was presented on Tuesday, 13 May 2026, in Peshawar by Faisal Karim Kundi on behalf of the President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan during…
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