CHITRAL, Dec 16: Most traditional musical instruments of Chitral are no longer in use. Ironically, the youths, by and large, are unaware of their names. Rahim Khan of Mulkhow valley told this correspondent that Chitrali sitar, gharba, chhang, jighikin, ormachi, daf and flute were the traditional instruments of Chitral but youths had little or no […]
PARIS, Dec 11: France would extend its full help and cooperation to Pakistan to meet its energy requirements. Addressing a joint press conference following their talks at Elyse Palace, French President Francois Hollande and President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday said that they discussed regional situation and increasing cooperation between the two countries. The French President
Facebook has shut down a page set up by the Pakistani Taliban to recruit enthusiasts to write for a quarterly magazine and to edit video. The Umar Media TTP page, which had more than 270 likes at the time it was shut down, was created in September and had just a handful of messages written
By Siraj Ulmulk CHITRAL, Nov 23: There is a very sad story about what happened last week to Chitral’s most famous mosque, the Shahi Masjid, built by my grandfather in 1922 (the work had started in 1910). Every brick was transported from India when no roads were motor-able in Chitral. They were delicately placed, by
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AJMAL KASAB was nervous just before he died, according to a guard at the prison where he was executed in the city of Pune on November 21st. After India’s president, Pranab Mukherjee, rejected his clemency plea, Mr Kasab became the first person hanged in India since 2004. The public responded, by and large, with a
