Mr. Wazir Zada, manager AVDP, a local support organization, briefed participant about role of AVDP and projects done so far in union council Ayun. He also spoke about the importance of language and culture preservation, he added that ‘’it’s high time we should work for the preservation of Kalasha language and culture, and it’s an
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He also said the Shandur Polo Festival 2016 will be held in its fully glory. He was addressing a large crowd gathered to celebrate mother languages at the open air theatre in Shakarparian, Islamabad. Also present at the occasion was senior minister Haji Akbar Taban, among others. Earlier, the CM launched Gileeto, the latest audio
Photo: Pamir Times[/caption] This was said by renowned writer Noorul Huda about the situation of the national language and mother tongues at a mother languages festival which opened on Saturday. She and other speakers lamented that owing to the socio-economic pressures, less preference was being given to Urdu and other local languages as compared to
The theme of the seminar was “Cultural and lingual commonalities between Iran and Pakistan.” Three papers from Chitral have been accepted for publication in the proceedings later this year. The paper by Muhammad Irfan discusses the contribution of earlier poets of Chitral in Persian poetry and literature. It gives vast coverage to poets from Muhammad
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The Forum for Language Initiatives (FLI) provided technical and financial support to the young author, Afsar Ali Khan, in his effort to bring out the fascinating document in his native language. Khowar is one of the rare languages spoken in the northern Pakistan which have been used for writing, though for odd purposes. The current
