GULMIT, Oct 29: The concluding ceremony of the Silk Route Festival has now drawn to an end, after a colourful display of the region’s rich cultural heritage. People from across Gojal valley put in a lot of efforts to make the festival a success. The local people continued the festivities for almost one hour more […]
GILGIT, Oct 28: Foreign delegates from 15 countries landed in Gilgit on Sunday on the first day of Silk Route Festival. The three-day festival is being held after 13 years in GB. Named after the ancient Silk Route, which formed the first bridge between the East and West and was a source of trade between
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KARACHI, Oct 26: A virtual Khowar keyboard has been created by a young Chitrali literary personality. The Khowar keyboard was recently developed by Khowar language and cultural researcher, poet, author of several books and freelance journalist Rehmat Aziz Chitrali in collaboration with Khowar Academy, Chitral Vision, Wikimedia Foundation and Branah Company. Rehmat Aziz Chitrali’s virtual
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WASHINGTON, Oct 24: Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said Wednesday he urged President Barack Obama to end drone strikes in Pakistan, touching on a thorny subject in relations between the two countries. PM Sharif and President Obama were speaking after a 90-minute long one-on-one meeting at the White House’s Oval Office. “I also brought up
GAZIANTEP, Turkey: Shortly before its operatives killed 14 Iraqi Shiite children in a school bombing this month, the group once known as al-Qaeda in Iraq sent guerrillas into northern Syrian villages with orders to reopen local Sunni classrooms. In a series of early fall visits, the militants handed out religious textbooks along with backpacks bearing
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Report Waqar Ahmed (Photos S. Nazir Hussain) CHITRAL, Oct 10: As all good things come to an end, so did the 10-day long Jashan-e-Chitral on Thursday. The main attraction of the final day was a polo match when Chitral A outclassed its traditional rival Gigit-Baltistan by one to 12 goals. The guest team remained under
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CHITRAL, Oct 6: Abdul Ghani alias Dul Maama of Broze, Chitral, is not an ordinary man. His life has been full of literary work, including Khowar poetry. At the age of around 80, he still participates in literary gatherings with zeal. Dul Maama and his typical Chitrali Chonjer (catapult) always accompanies him wherever he goes
CHITRAL, Oct 6: A Mushaira was organized in connection with the ongoing Jashn-e-Chitral in which more than 100 poets from across Chitral participated. [caption id=\"attachment_13064\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"432\"] Photos S. Nazir Hussain[/caption] The unique thing about the Mushaira held in the town hall was the participation of famous poets Abdul Khaliq Taj, Tauseef Hassan and Zafar
USTAD Wahab Gul, 72, a resident of Swabi district, is the senior most and popular Chitrali sitar player in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He had launched his career in his early teens as an amateur artist but later he adopted playing Chitrali sitar as his profession. He remained affiliated with Radio Pakistan Peshawar and Pakistan Television, Peshawar
The Aga Khan has often been counted among the world\’s richest men — his personal fortune is estimated by Forbes at about $800m — and he is known to keep the company of famous people. But rarely are his conversations about profits or bottom lines. Instead, the spiritual head of the Ismailiya sect, who bridges
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