Culture

CHITRAL, Aug 28: The Forum for Language Initiatives (FLI) held a five-day orthographic workshop from August 24 to 28 on the Gawarbati Language community in Drosh. The event was held under Small Grants and Ambassador’s Fund Programme of USAID to provide the community with a programme, comprising of documentation techniques and training for preservation and

Report Ejaz Ahmed ISLAMABAD, Aug 20: The Forum for Language Initiatives (FLI) Islamabad held a one-week workshop for the language community of Dameli with financial assistance from Small Grants and Ambassador’s Fund Program of USAID. The FLI, a non-governmental and non-profit organization working on language and heritage preservation in northern Pakistan since 2003, has taken

By Shiza Malik Adil Iqbal is a Scottish-Pakistani textile designer, whose designs have been showcased at fashion weeks in London and New York. Pakistan and its rich textiles were a source of early inspiration for Mr Iqbal, whose 2006 graduate collection was inspired by childhood memories of watching his Pakistani mother and grandmother sewing. This

By Zahiruddin Visit Chitral and you will find ‘Gior bisi Shanduro te’ written on the back of vehicles and on the walls of hotels and restaurants. It is an invite in local language to youths to visit Shandur, the venue of an annual festival at an altitude of more than 10,000 feet above sea level.