Zubair Torwali Dardistan is one of the most diverse linguistic regions in the world. In the 1930s, the Norwegian linguist Georg Morgenstierne called it one of the most polyglot parts of Asia. More recently, the Italian anthropologist Augusto Cacopardo has called it ‘Peristan’, an area with an ‘enormous diversity of tongues and cultures’. The region […]
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has announced that the annual Shandur Polo Festival will be held from July 1 to 3 st the world\’s highest polo ground in Upper Chitral. Teams from Chitral and Gilgit-Baltistan will compete in freestyle polo matches in the festival which will also feature other traditional games and music. Chief Minister
پولو چترال کا قومی کھیل ہے۔ مختلف سرکاری محکمے اس کے لئے پیشہ ور ٹیمیں رکھتی ہیں اور صرف کھیل کے لئے کھلاڑیوں کو تنخواہ دیتے ہیں۔ یہ محکمے سرکاری خرچ پر باہر سے قیمتی گھوڑے اور سامان لاتے ہیں۔ ان محکموں کے پاس اللہ کا دیا پیسہ ہوتا ہے۔ اس کھیل کے لئے یہ
Prof. Rahmat Karim Baig In the valleys of Chitral there lived many ethnic groups who came into this part of Hindu Kush via a number of passes in the west, east and north. I am not sure about any such entry from the south but that aspect cannot be rejected outrightly. The Kalash claim to
Prof. Rhmat Karim Baig The present generation with its knowledge of theology, natural sciences and social sciences has a very different view of the current culture around them. They have taken it for granted that Chitral has had the same features, resources, connectivity, educational profile, social values, skills etc. but it had other aspects of
