The Kalasha community of Chitral district has long captivated the imagination of both visitors and researchers. But one aspect that to date eludes and confounds historians and archaeologists is their origin. Starting with the once popular and now discarded narrative of their descent from Alexander the Great’s Macedonian troops, various theories have been put forth […]
PESHAWAR: Yet another doctor has succumbed to Covid-19 in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) bringing the total number of medics killed so far to 63 in the province. Children Specialist Dr Syed Mumtaz Hussain Shah breathed his last at a private hospital in Islamabad where he was admitted after his condition deteriorated rapidly. Due to Covid-19 infection his lungs
Col (r) Ikram Ullah Khan The confusing rapidity with which the federal cabinet has been witnessing a reshuffling exercise during the past two-and-a half year has broken all the previous records. The latest shake-up comes at a time when PM Imran Khan’s government enters a period of third budget-making hardly two months ahead of expected
CHITRAL: A woman gave birth to a baby girl in a Rescue 1122 ambulance at Bakrabad on Saturday. Rescue 1122 said the wife of Khan Badshah, a native of Arandu Gol currently living in Ashiret, was brought to the THQ hospital Drosh for delivery. Later, she was being shifted to the DHQ hospital Chitral when
My name is Ethan Aubuchon. I am a student at University of Vermont in the United States of America. I am looking to make contact with a resident or former resident of the Chitral Valley in northern Pakistan. I am currently working on a research project in a Cultural Anthropology class in which we are
