By Muhammad Amin Baloch Pa\’athak is one of the four festivals celebrated by the Ismailis of Chitral, especially in Lotkoh, on the first day of February every year. This tradition is attributed to Nasir Kusraw, who according to verbal traditions practiced a 40-day Chehla in a cave in Garam Chashma (old Injigan). He came out […]
BOONI, Jan 29: Pehlawan of Mulkhow is indeed a man of nerves but as many other strong men, he also has his weaknesses. Mulkhowo Pehlawan can eat up to 10 plates of Pulao with a jumbo size Pepsi at a time and easily digest it. He has been the active member of the tug-of-war team
BOONI, Jan 24: Poets and literary figures at a Mushaira here paid tributes to those who sacrificed their lives for ensuring peace in the country. The ‘Aman’ (peace) Mushaira was arranged by Anjuman Taraqi-e-Khowar Booni chapter in collaboration with the South Asia Partnership Pakistan (AWAZ) at a local hotel. Chairman BLSO Zaheeruddin Babar and chairman
پشاور (نامہ نگار) انجمن ترقی کھوار حلقہ پشاورنے پہلے کھوار کیلنڈر جاری کیا جسکی تقریب رونمائی گذشتہ روز پشاور میں ہوئی۔ تفصیلات کے مطابق انجمن ترقی کھوار حلقہ پشاور کی طرف سے پہلی مرتبہ کھوار کیلنڈر مرتب کی گئی ہے جسکی باقاعدہ تقریب رونمائی گذشتہ دنوں پشاور کے آرکائیوز ہال میں ہوئی۔ اس موقع پر
CHITRAL, Jan 14: With greeting to all Chitralis, we would like to inform you that the Chitral Horticultural Society website has been launched. Check out www.chitralhorticulturalsociety.com, you can also visit us on Facebook. Do give us your valuable reviews as this is a soft opening and much will change on it. We would like to host
چترال(گل حماد فاوقی)پلکنا، جپکنا لہو گرم کرنے کا ہے ایک بہانہ۔ چترال کے لوگ سال بھر محتلف کھیل کود میں مصروف رہتے ہیں ایک طرف بادشاہوں کا کھیل یا کھیلوں کا بادشاہ پولو کھیلتے ہیں تو دوسری طرف فٹ بال، یاک پولو، گدھا پولو اور دیگر روایتی کھیلوں کے ساتھ ساتھ رسہ کشی بھی نہایت
CHITRAL, Dec 29: On the demand of the Kalash people, Ayun and Valleys Development Organisation (AVDP) has completed the reconstruction of Jastakhan, the hall for funeral ceremony, which lasts for three days of singing and dancing around the dead body on the occasion of their winter festival Chitramas. The project was funded by the Norwegian
CHITRAL, Dec 28: The 7th century fort of Chinese king Bahman Kohistani in Muzhgole village of upper Chitral can be turned into a tourist resort if the archaeology department pays the much needed attention to it. Talking to this correspondent, Gulzada Khan, a retired schoolteacher of the area, said that the upper part of Chitral
CHAOMOS, the winter festival, now ending, celebrates the solstice at this end of the year; it is the most sacred of Kalash festivals and is the time when Balamahin, believed to be a messenger of the Divine, is supposed to ride into the valleys. I have seen all these festive seasons, Joshi in the spring,
