By Shafiqur Rehman Sonoghur is one of the most beautiful villages in the district of Chitral. Though the glacial flooding in 2007 partially destroyed Sonoghur, it has still not lost its scenic beauty and attraction. Sonoghur is one of the villages in the Tehsil Mastuj (Beeyar valley) and situated at a distance of about 90 […]
By Prof. Mumtaz Hussain The land Quite a number of places in Chitral are named as “Oweer”, such as Oweer Valley in Mulkhow, Oweer Village in Arkari and Owirk Village in Lotkuh. One cannot easily make a relationship between these places but a little research may yield some interesting results about this curious nomenclature. One
By Sajjad Ali Shah This article under the Deh ba Deh series of ChitralToday (chitraltoday.net) is about Mulkhow union council (UC). The writer has shed light on the 12 villages of the area. Introduction According to the New Tareekh-e-Chitral, which was written by Mirza Muhammad Ghufran, Mulkhow or the Lower Khow is originally the area
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Deh ba Deh By Karam Illahi Rayeen is one of the scenic villages of Torkhow valley and is situated at a distance of about 100 kilometres from Chitral town on the right bank of Chitral River. Rayeen has five hundred households and its population is estimated at four thousand. It has two parts, upper Rayeen
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Deh ba Deh CHITRAL, May 26: There is a stone called ‘Qalamdar Botini Boht’ at Rayeen village of Torkhow. Many folk stories are attached with this historical monument of the village. Mr Karam Illahi will explore the village and also shed lights on this stone in our next article under the Deh ba Deh series.
