GUL HAMAAD FAROOQI
CHITRAL A local resident of Ayun village in Chitral has added to the beauty of the area by creating a garden of lovely flowers which is visited by the local as well as foreign tourists. Shakiruddin has developed this garden at his residence ‘Salar House’ in which he has planted flowers of hundreds of kinds. The attractive scene of the flowers had further added to the tourist attraction of Ayun village. Shakiruddin said while talking to this scribe that his deceased father was also fond of planting flowers of different kinds. He said he has got this hobby and passion from his late father. He said he brings seeds of flowers of hundreds of species from different parts of the country even from foreign too and plants it at Salar House. He said he is so passionate about his love for flowers that he even doesn’t hesitate to acquire seed of some very rare flowers from abroad.
