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Chilimjusht festival from May 12

CHITRAL: Eidul Fitr and the Chilimjusht spring festival of the Kalash tribe are likely to fall on the same day next month after more than three decades, which is set to attract an unprecedented number of tourists if the coronavirus situation does not worsen by that time. The spring festival is scheduled to commence from

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Experts work to develop writing system in Shekhani language

CHITRAL: The Forum for Language Initiatives (FLI) held a five-day activity to support the writing system development in Shekhani language in Chitral last week. On average, 12 people who represented more than three dialects of the language participated in the event. The participants reached a consensus for developing spelling guide, rules, characters etc. to introduce

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ماں بولیوں کی وادی

 پس وپیش  اے۔ایم۔ خان  وہ آواز جسے ایک بچہ ماں کے پیٹ میں سب سےپہلے اور زیادہ سُن لیتی ہے، پیدائش کے بعد ماں کی گود میں، اور پھر گھریلو اور سماجی بول چال سے سُن کر پھر  وہی زبان بولنے کی کوشش کرکرکے آخرکار اپنی  ناپختہ سمجھ بوجھ، احساسات، اورجواب ٹوٹے پُھوٹے  بلکہ خوبصورت

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A page from history

His Highness Saif-ul-Mulk Nasir Mehtar Chitral, Feb 1962. The former ruler of Chitral, his Highness Saiful Mulk Nasir was born at Chitral House, on May 12, 1950. He was the elder son of H.H. Mehtar Saif ur-Rahman, Mehtar of Chitral. Saiful Mulk Nasir was made Chitral’s ruler or Mehtar in 1954 after his father His

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