Report Ejaz Ahmed ISLAMABAD: Chitralis in the federal capital on Monday paid tributes to prominent Khowar writer, poet and humorist Moula Nigah Nigah who passed away in Chitral on Jan 5. Capt Sirajul Mulk, Qari Buzurg Shah, Advocate Abdul Wali Abid, MNA Molana Abdul Akbar Chitrali and district nazim Maghfirat Shah were present on the […]
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Kalash community’s annual Chitramas festival concluded in the valleys of Bumburate, Rumbur and Birir on Saturday. A large number of tourists enjoyed the festivities which continued for 10 days. Sacrifices of lamb, goat and cow were offered during the festival. On the last day, all the community members including men, women and children, gather at
ISLAMABAD: The National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) has taken notice of a complaint that stone tablets and tombstones with inscriptions about customs, laws and traditions of the Kalasha people are being broken and used by local people and others for building houses. After getting a complaint filed by a public representative who requested anonymity
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By Madeeha Syed The five-member band opens up about their journey before, during and after Pepsi Battle of the Bands “Musically we’ve become tighter as a unit,” responds Haider. “We’ve jammed and rehearsed a lot.” They were the dark horses of the competition, forever destined to fight for their place in the danger zone. No
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ISLAMABAD: The Suri Jagek practice of Kalasha people has been approved by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) for inclusion in this year’s list of Intangible Cultural Heritage. The nomination was accepted by Unesco’s Inter-governmental Committee for Safeguarding the Intangible Cultural Heritage during its 13th session being held in Port Louis, Mauritius.
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By Nilofer Qazi Ish Pa Ta,’ (salam) the Kailasha greeting, we learn something new every day. My recent trip to Chitral was not my first and most certainly will not be my last. It is a corner of Pakistan that continues to reveal more and more of its splendor every time I visit. I can
Press Release KOSHT: The Brilliance School of Studies (BSS) Kosht organized a Mehfil-e-Mushaira in connection with Jashn-e-Kosht in collaboration with Anjuman-e-Taraqi Khowar. Famous poets Inamullah Siyar, Ghafoor Ahmad Sukhta, Zahid Nishad, Riaz Akhzar and Azmatullah Azmi shared their views about bringing a positive change in society and recited their compositions on the key theme: Beli
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By Zahid Ali Nizari (Shotkhar) This song is known as “Yarkhuno Hakimo Dani.” First of all, I would like to translate a few lines as below though this analysis is not limited to only these lines. The first two lines (in the song) rhyme with each other and form a couplet while the next four
By Zahiruddin (photo: GH Farooqui) CHITRAL: Patience, perseverance and discipline, thy name is Kalash in Birir valley, who vigorously restrain themselves for two months from eating even a grain of grape or a walnut, which is tabooed for them in line with their dogma despite. It\’s the Poo\’n day on Monday when one of the
Review by Dr Inayatullah Faizi Asiatic Angling Adventures, as the title reads, is a book by Fatehul Mulk Ali Nasir. Flap of the book precisely describes the narrative as ‘’a journey across Asia in search of some of the hardest fighting game fish in the world, encompassing wild life photography and a general commentary on
