ISLAMABAD, Feb 23: Writers, poets, human rights activists and intellectuals representing 15 languages here on Sunday demanded the national status for all the languages in the country. They also called for legislation for the protection, promotion and preservation of the languages. The literary personalities were speaking at the “Festival of Pakistani mother languages” arranged by […]
Photo Faham Sultan.[/caption] ISLAMABAD, Feb 23: There were hues of colours and melodies as bards from different valleys of Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral descended on the hilly tourist resort point of Islamabad to exhibit the flavours of their cultures and traditions. To enjoy their performances, there were crowds of people from Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral living in
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CHITRAL, Feb 21: Speakers at a function held in connection with the Mother Language Day here on Friday asked the KP government to activate the department concerned to promote regional languages. The event arranged by Anjuman Taraqi-e-Khowar Chitral was presided over by Soneri Bank Manager Amir Afzal. Those who spoke on the occasion included Dr
ISLAMABAD: There are 6,000 languages in the world, out of which 3,000 are on the brink of extinction because they have less than 250 people who speak them. This information was shared by participants of various events held in different parts of the city in connection with the ‘International Mother Language Day’. It was also
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CHITRAL, Feb 20: In yet another attempt to explore Chitral and its people, ChitralToday is launching a new series of write-ups on the artists, poets and other literary personalities of the valley. Chitral has always been gifted with curious and able minds having abundance of potentials to excel in all fields of life. When we look at
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