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Folk singers enthral audience in Peshawar
The directorate of culture organised the Chitral Cultural Night attended by large number of music lovers, students and Peshawar-based Chitrali families. Khalid Masood, a former PTI provincial chief, was the chief guest, while former Darosh nazim Sartaj Khan presided over the event. They said that local culture needed to be promoted to encourage cultural diversity.
Pir Nasir Khusraw and the tradition of Pathak
Muhammad Amin According to traditions, Nasir Khusraw practised a 40-day chehla (a mystical practice) in a cave in the cliff of Injigan (present Garam Chashma) after his arrival from Yumgan of Badakhshan province in Afghanistan. After completing the chehla, he came out on February 1, as is assumed, and thus the festival is celebrated in
غصہ
چترال کے اساتذہ اور محکمہ کے انتظامی افسران میں ہمارے مرحوم استاد محترم وقار احمد صاحب اور یہ خاکسار غصیلے مشہور تھے۔ مرحوم استاد سے اس بارے پوچھنے کا موقع نہ ملا اور وہ ہمیں چھوڑ گئے۔ میں تو اپنے گھر والوں کے نزدیک بھی ناک چڑھی مشہورہوں حالانکہ مجھ سے کہیں زیادہ ںاک چڑھانے