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
By Zain-Ul-Muluk (Principal AKHSS, Gahkuch, Gilgit-Baltistan) Biography, a form of life history, has become popular method in educational enquiry, due to its importance for sense of teaching and learning at all levels of education. It affirms the reality that our lives are intrinsically narrative in quality. We experience the world and re-present our experience in the form of story (Dhunpath, 2000). Teachers’ biographies tell us about the
By Shafiqur Rehman The choice of a career potentially determines how you will spend the rest of your life. It determines what you will be doing day in and day out, what you will be known as, what your life style will be like, how much you will earn and doing what? Choosing a career
Few years back, a local civil society organization Al-Karim Welfare Society Booni informally initiated Qaqlasht festival. Since then this festival has become a calendar event. I am totally ignorant about the fact whether Qaqlasht festival has some historical roots or not. One legendary story about an encounter between Bahman-i-Kohistani, a local king of about 9th
By Shafiqur Rehman Thinking backward proved to be useful for me because this reflection on the past events of my learning journey helped me make sense of these events. I use ‘journey’ as a metaphor for the journey of learning and professional development.
