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A tribute to Chitral’s polo legend

By Dr Inayatullah Faizi  What strikes everyone about Chitral’s free style polo legend late Sardar Ahmed Khan is that he started playing the game at the tender age of 14 years and continued to shine in the field with the same zeal and vigour till his death on January 27, 2013. [caption id=\"attachment_7495\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]

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Misunderstanding about AKRSP

ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: It is inspiring that social media has given voice to the common people for projecting their ideas, lodging their complaints, discussing the institutional efficacies, and pointing out the strengths and weaknesses in social bodies and so on. This luxury could not be even thought of a few years back. It is a

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The origin of Kalash

The Kalash people of Chitral live in three small valleys of Bumburate, Birir and Rumbur. The valleys are bounded in the northwest by Badakhshan and in the southwest by Noristan province of Afghanistan. Dir and Swat districts of Pakistan are located on the south of the valley while Gilgit-Baltsitan’s Ghizer, Goopis, Hunza and Gilgit are

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Information about Chitral

Chitral is located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Administratively, it is divided into the districts of Lower and Upper Chitral. Historians, anthropologists, authors, travelogue writers and others have described Chitral as the most romantic, captivating and enchanting place tugged into the mighty Hindukush mountains in the northwest of Pakistan. Chitral is bordered in the

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