William Blackburne It is a privilege for me to be invited to write this foreword. And for principally three among many reasons: first, because I know and admire the young author of this very considerable work; second, because my knowledge of and affection for Chitral extends back exactly 60 years since, as a young student, […]
By Zulfiqar Ahmad ISLAMABAD: In a disturbing display of political intolerance, Afzalullah Afzal, one of Chitral’s most revered poets, is facing harassment and public vilification — not at the hands of religious hardliners, but from the very political party that once championed freedom of expression: the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP). The irony could not be
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Reviewed by Dr Inayatullah Faizi The princely state of Chitral ruled by despotic Mehtar was one of the 600 infamous autonomous entities of the Indian subcontinent before the emergence of Pakistan. Due to its close proximity to the borders of Afghanistan, Russia and China, the princely state remained in the limelight during the “Great Game”
Nasira Jabeen Who amongst living beings is not to leave this mortal and transient worldly life for the immortal life hereafter. This life is as short – lived as a brief flame of a candle, burning bright till it ceases to burn and extinguishes. No high flames, no ashes…Nothing of it remains. The span of
Aqib Ullah Plato was sitting in his academy engaged in discussion with his students, a conversation that would go on to influence the thoughts and views of that time. During this, a young boy from northern Greece entered silently, without introducing himself. Even the great Plato, a student of Socrates, did not realize that this
