CHITRAL, Oct 21: The Patient Welfare Society (PWS) Booni arranged a musical concert and culture show to collect funds for the needy and deserving patients. Speaking to the participants, President PWS Shah Nazir and General Secretary Mir Sawat said they had been working for the welfare of the poor and needy patients for many years. […]
DROSH (CHITRAL), Oct 18: A Mushaira was held at the Government Middle School, Drosh, with the aim of creating awareness and protecting Chitral’s unique culture, including diversity of its languages, and also promote peace not only in the valley but also outside of it. The programme was organized under the auspices of a local civil
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By Tariq Iqbal Some events can come to define a life. Most often, these events are sudden, unexpected and irrevocable to change the framework of existence. However, it is not the event in itself that defines a life but the repercussion of it. This reality was too horrific and unbearable to face for my family
PESHAWAR, July 23: The Kalash Environment Protection Society has demanded of the government to submit a bid to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to include the Kalash valley’s culture in the World Heritage List for preservation. In a press release issued here Monday, the society said right now the valleys were
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ISLAMABAD, Aug 7, 2012: The Forum for Language Initiatives (FLI) recently launched four new books written in the two local (minority) languages – Palula and Gawri (also known as Kalam Kohistani). Two of these books are included in FLI’s new publication series, FLI-maqami zaban-o-adap ka ishaati silsila: Palula matali (Palula Proverbs) compiled by Naseem Haider,
