SARGODHA: The ‘disappearance’ of gold crown worth Rs2 million offered by Mayor Malik Aslam Naveed to Maryam Nawaz during her address to social media convention here on Feb 24 is shrouded in mystery.

Reports said the mayor had gifted the crown to Maryam Nawaz who directed that it should be donated to any local orphanage. The mayor said he didn’t know about the crown [now].

Muhammad Latif, a philanthropist affiliated with Allah Tawakli, a local charity, said this institution is located adjacent to the residence of MNA Chaudhry Hamid Hameed who had arranged the social media convention.

He said the MNA should have delivered the gift to it or the orphanage. “So far as I know no institution has received the gift.”

When asked, the MNA was also ignorant about the issue.

Published in Dawn, March 15th, 2018