Culture

Nowroz celebrated in Chitral, GB

Photo: Jamshid Ahmed[/caption] The day began with special congregations in the Jamatkhanas where Vaizeen and others highlighted the historical significance of the day. Later in the day, people visited each other\’s houses and were entertained with specially prepared dishes. Youngsters spent the day by enjoying different games and musical programmes but this year inclement weather […]

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Melodies in the mountains

Mustafa Kamal & Farman Ali Shabab with a member of his musical band Life on the snow-packed, landlocked mountaintops during the harsh winters has never been a smooth sail for its inhabitants. When all agrarian activity comes to a standstill, music becomes both a binding force and a source of entertainment. As hearths go cold,

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درآمد گاؤں یا علاقے کے دانشمند بزرگ لوگوں کا جرگہ کرایا کرتا تھا۔ ان روایتی قوانین میں سقم بھی تھا اور بعض میں کچھ زیادہ سختی بھی تھی۔ ایسا بھی نہیں تھا کہ اس دور کے سارے لوگ پر امن، پابند دستور اور شریف النفس تھے۔ ان میں بھی قانون شکن، شرپسند اور پست اخلاق

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How many languages are spoken in Pakistan?

www.ethnologue.com, www.ethnologue.com/country/PK)says there are 73 languages spoken in Pakistan. Ethnologue’s 19th edition, published in 2016, names 7,457 languages of the world and of these 360 are “dead languages”. The remaining 7,097 languages are listed by Ethnologue as “living languages”. But many of these living languages are ‘endangered’ and something must be done to save them, otherwise

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