On the next day, the district commissioner suspended our paper.
In the afternoon a group of us called the district commissioner to ask if the British administration had decided to abandon the city.
The district commissioner's office was built followed by a small medical clinic and a government prison.
After the statutory wait of an hour or so, a very charming district commissioner comes to see us.
Each province was divided into a number of districts (managed by a district commissioner).
Fighting was very heavy around the District Commissioner's tennis court.
It housed a district commissioner, police, hospital, veterinary services and other government rural agencies.
Police chiefs and district commissioners attempting to end jirga law find no support from the government.
The only vehicle on this island of 20,000 people belongs to the District Commissioner.
The main office among these is the District Commissioner's office.