DROSH, Jan 8: PICL, the institute which is working for the promotion of languages and cultures, in collaboration with the SRSP arranged a Mushaira in Drosh to promote and encourage the young and upcoming poets to present their poetry. About 35 poets from different parts of Chitral participated in the Mushaira. As many as 16
PESHAWAR, Dec 25: A reference was organized in memory of Gul Nawaz Khaki at the Peshawar Press Club on Wednesday. It may be noted that Gul Nawaz Khaki died in Chitral on November 11 at the age of 76. Speakers at the reference included literary personalities, poets, writers, politicians and people from different walks of
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MOSCOW, Dec 23 (AP): Mikhail Kalashnikov, whose work as a weapons designer for the Soviet Union is immortalized in the name of the world\’s most popular firearm, died Monday at the age of 94. Kalashnikov once aspired to design farm equipment. But even though his most famous invention, the AK-47 assault rifle, sowed havoc instead
ISLAMABAD, Dec 16: Meet Rehmat Aziz Chitrali: a government employee by profession, a linguist by choice and an innovator by disposition. “To love all languages, is to love Pakistan in its entirety,” says linguist Rehmat Aziz Chitrali, a man intent on preserving local language, and especially the saccharine, Persian-influenced Khowar. In this vein, Aziz has
LONDON, Dec 6 (BBC): People around the world have been reacting to the news that South Africa’s first black president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela has died, aged 95. South African President Jacob Zuma announced Nelson Mandela’s death, saying South Africa had lost “its greatest son” and calling on South Africans to conduct themselves with the
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