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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Chitral has a unique language, dress code, literature and architecture. We have tried a bit to collect some information regarding the architecture, specially the forts that were built during the times when Chitral was a separate state. The forts may still have significance since they have preserved the history of this land and are witness
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CHITRAL, Dec 1: Speakers at a condolence meeting here on Sunday paid tributes to poet and singer Gul Nawaz Khaki for his services to the Khowar language and literature. Held under the aegis of Anjuman Taraqqi-e-Khowar Chitral, the meeting was addressed by Dr. Inayatullah Faizi, Amir Khan Mir, Maula Nigah, Maulana Naqeebullah Razi, Maghfirat Shah,
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