Prof. Rahmat Karim Baig The current law and order situation in the country is far from satisfactory and untoward incidents happen each next day. It creates doubts in the hearts of true citizens of the country. The police personnel, their posts and police vehicles are targeted by militants and our police have suffered great losses […]
Prof. Rahmat Karim Baig The main and side valleys of Upper Chitral were formerly in the control of Jagirdars and they appointed their men – shikari – who controlled poaching and a poacher was fined heavily if found red handed but often even on suspicions. When the wildlife staff was introduced in the 70s they
Prof. Rahmat Karim Baig At this stage of our history with a very good number of young educated people from all parts of Chitral and a high level of literacy all over Chitral with third position in KP, hardly an educated young man knows as who was Janab Shah and what are his contributions to
Prof. Rahmat Karim Baig We in Chitral are more affected, living in the farthest corner of the country, from the much debated clamour of climate change and have seen disasters, gigantic floods and gigantic avalanches that don’t occur in the plain parts of the country. The natural disasters are not new or a product of
Prof. Rahmat Karim Baig The population of the world has soared to seven billion and advanced countries have developed their agricultural produce in accordance with the rise in world population and entertain no fear of food shortage but the underdeveloped countries have failed to develop their agriculture and, therefore, they still depend on other countries
Prof. Rahmat Karim Baig Indigenous knowledge of conservation and resource management. The huge conglomeration of peaks with more than 6000m height have surrounded numerous valleys of Chitral and its population is sparsely scattered on the banks of the rivers and streams in all the valleys which is collectively known as Chitral in the map of
Prof. Rahmat Karim Baig In the first write-up on the birds of Chitral it had been indicated that the weapons and ammunition making of the Kho people will be part of the 2nd issue. So according to that plan, here we shall briefly write about local gun powder and lead bullets/pellets used by the hunters
Prof. Rahmat Karim Baig As a densely mountain covered region Chitral had a good population of birds since the time when the Kho migrants had not reached this part of Hindu Kush. Because of very high peaks and cloudy weather the migratory birds also found refuge in the distant valleys but the unfortunates ones also
Prof. Rahmat Karim Baig In the good old days Chitral was Chetrar to the local people and Qashqar to the Pathans. It had scattered settlements and smaller number of population but all able-bodied men were busy in their farm works round the year. No male, either a child over five years, an adolescent or older
Prof. Rahmat Karim Baig Time is the most precious asset that man has got and can build or destroy his life according to his capacity to manage his time – the 24 hour of the day and night but nowadays this has been brushed aside by most of us. For example, members of a family
