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CPEC: experts discuss challenges, opportunities for Chitral, Gilgit-Baltistan

August 24, 2017

F. Ali CULTURAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND CIVIL SOCIETY ACTIVISTS, RESEARCHERS AND DEVELOPMENT EXPERTS ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, THEIR CULTURE AND ECOLOGY, PARTICULARLY THE SECOND WAVE OF CHANGES THAT IS TAKING PLACE IN THE SHAPE OF THE CHINA PAKISTAN ECONOMIC CORRIDOR (CPEC) AFTER OPENING OF THE KARAKORAM HIGHWAY (KKH) ABOUT THREE […]

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University of Chitral: how to set an example?

August 24, 2017

Atta Sabir For any university to be functional and start its operations a regular campus is the first thing to be there. A campus is not just a building. It has to be lively and vibrant. The students, teachers and all other staff should seem to have an air of pride and excellence. For this

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فراز، باد شائے رقص

August 24, 2017

میری ڈائری کے اوراق سے شمس الحق قمر ؔ رقص کو بدن کی شاعری کہا جاتا ہے ۔ شاعری تخیّل کی اُن پُر پیچ راستوں کی مسافت کا نام ہے جہاں شاعر ماورائے عقل انکشافات سے اپنیہمراہیوں کو وادی حیرت کا اسیر بنا کے رکھدیتا /دیتی ہے ۔شاعری کوشش سے نہیں کی جاتی بلکہ یہ

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Preserving KP’s intangible treasure

August 24, 2017

Men gather for makha, a game played with a long arrow (ghashay) and bow (leenda). Photo: KP Directorate of Culture website The Intangible Cultural Heritage inventory ranges from famous sagas of KP to lesser known heritage of the province, which are fading with the passage of time and in the light of modern ways. Now

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Charcoal plant near houses threat to residents

August 23, 2017

CHITRAL: Charcoal plant installed near residential areas in Junalkoch, Upper Chitral, poised to create environment hazards. About 3,000 houses and educational institutions are directly being affected by this plant including Junalkoch and Government Girls Degree College and its hostel situated near the plant due to air pollution that has engulfed most of the area. A

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