Panic gripped Passu Valley in Upper Hunza as Gilgit-Baltistan Governor Mir Ghazanfar Ali Khan's son Salman Khan fired in the air for “almost 20 minutes”
Hunza is considered one of the most peaceful areas in Pakistan. The valley, home to most educated people in the country, is visited by thousands of tourists, both local and foreign, every year. Such incidents are very rare in Hunza.
Salim Khan, the governor elder son, a member of legislative assembly, wrote on his Facebook page, "I would like to officially clarify that 20 mins of indiscriminate aerial firing took place in Passu, Gojal by Prince Salman Khan; youngest son of the Governor Gilgit-Baltistan Mir Ghazanfar Ali Khan. He was accompanied by police official escort along with female companions (some of foreign origin)... I have asked the administration to take full legal action against this unlawful incident. Due process of law should prevail."
Mir Ghazanfar Ali Khan is a politician and governor of Gilgit-Baltistan. He has been appointed to governor on November 24, 2015 by Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif. He is currently in the office of Governor of Gilgit-Baltistan. He has been appointed as a governor of Gilgit-Baltistan after governor Barjees Tahir.
Mir Ghazanfar belongs to the ruling family of Hunza. He is the son of Last Mir of Hunza, Muhammad Jamal Khan. Mir Mohammad Jamal Khan was the son of Mir Ghazan II. He ruled as a Mir since 25 September 1974. When he died 1976, his son Ghazanfar Ali Khan II becomes the non-sovereign head of the state from 1976. Most of the family members are now settled in United Kingdom. State of Hunza was dissolved by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Prime Minister of Pakistan on 25 Sep 1974.
Ghazanfar Ali Khan served as the first chief minister of Gilgit-Baltistan, at the time when General Pervez Musharraf was president. His native town is Karimabad, the traditional seat of the Mirs of Hunza. Mir Ghazanfar Ali Khan contested the elections several times from his hometown of Karimabad, Hunza and got selected 5 times as a member of the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly. The geographical area of Hunza now is Aliabad Tehsil in Gilgit-Baltistan’s Hunza-Nagar district.