By Asad Munir In the last two centuries, there were numerous Pashtun uprisings in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Fata against Sikhs and the British. Except for Syed Ahmad Barelvi’s movement, led by non-Pashtuns, most movements were localised jihads with the sole objective of evicting foreign forces from a particular area. However, there was one Pashtun hero, […]
By Syed Nasiruddin Peerzada Women around the world suffer so-called “honour violence” at the hands of relatives, usually male, in an effort to reclaim family “honour.” If a woman or girl is accused or suspected of engaging in behaviour that could taint her family’s status, she may face brutal retaliation from her relatives that often
Zar Alam Khan (Originally published in Dawn in 2008) As the annual Shandur festival draws nearer, a controversy between the Northern Areas (N.As) administration and Chitral over some meadows and pastures on the 10,500-foot-high pass has overshadowed the preparations, threatening even the future of the now worldwide popular event. The dispute between the locals of
GHIZER, June 8: The Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) has crossed all limits in robbing the poor of their right to financial support promised to them under the initiative, and is doling out support to undeserving people on the basis of connections in this backward area of Gilgit-Baltistan. On the other hand, there is no
PESHAWAR, June 1: Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral will get separate weather warning stations along with threat detection centres to attend to the risks associated with two potentially hazardous glacial lakes, say official sources. According to these sources, the two technical facilities will be set up in Bagrot valley in Gilgit-Baltistan and Drongagh in Chitral, where, according
