Aftab Ali Khan Musa In the pristine valleys of Chitral, where the mountains kiss the heavens and the rivers sing their own melodies, a different narrative has taken root. It\’s a narrative that speaks of romanticism, an ideology that once graced the landscapes of Europe during the Metternich era, an era fraught with political turmoil […]
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CHITRAL: The Kalash community of Chitral on Tuesday lamented their “identity crisis” and complained their computerised national identity cards didn’t show their religion. During a consultative meeting organised by the Ishpata News Network Pakistan here, Kalash elders Luke Rehmat, Baras Khan, Sherzada, Michel, Zarmast Gul and Unat Beg complained that their community faced several issues
CHITRAL: The three-day Broghil festival concluded at an altitude of 13,500 feet in Upper Chitral district on Monday. The district administration had organised the festival, which featured games of yak, horse and donkey polo, Buzkashi, horse and yak races, horse and cattle show, exhibition of cuisine and handicraft of Wakhi culture and Wakhi musical concerts.
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CHITRAL: Broghil festival 2023 will commence from Sept 1 (tomorrow) in the grassy meadows of the valley known as the ‘land of yaks” adjoining the Wakhan corridor of Afghanistan. DC Upper Chitral Khalid Zaman told Dawn that yak polo and yak race will be the major events of the festival while the cultural traits of
PESHAWAR: General Manager (GM) Pakistan Television Aurangzeb Afridi on Friday said apart from news in PTV National Peshawar, the television will also start telecasting programs in the Khowar language soon. He said besides Chitral and Gilgit-Baltistan, there were also people who speak and understand Khowar in Central Asia, adding telecasting programs in the language will
