Opinion

Prof. Rahmat Karim Baig During my fieldwork on the history of Chitral more than four decades ago, an old man told me a story about his failure to avail himself of a golden opportunity. He was a member of the Bodyguard Force of Chitral and was on duty at the capital Fort. On that day,

There are numerous peaks above 6,000m but less than 7,000m standing very close to each other in valleys among Hindu Kush range.

Prof Rahmat Karim Baig The British government was very eager to reach Chitral against the potential threat from the Tzarist Russia via the passes in the mountains of Chitral. It had established friendly relations with the Kashmir Darbar with gifts and defence pledges and goaded the Maharaja of Kashmir to send emissaries to Chitral with