The annual “Chillum Joshi” festival comes to its end on May 18, 2019The “Chillum Joshi” festival came to its end after it was celebrated with joy and full freedom by the people of the beautiful valley called “Kailash” and there were hundreds of tourists among the people who attended and enjoyed this beautiful festival. Talking about this festival a local resident of Kailash said, “We celebrate and […]
Film based on Pakistan’s kushti and kabaddi matches to premiere at Dubai’s film fest on May 14, 2019Kabaddi and kushti are the Asian forms of wrestling which are very popular in the Indo-Pak subcontinent over the centuries. In Pakistan, there are annual kabaddi and kushti formal matches arranged at different levels, especially at Punjab and some regions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The Gujranwala district of Punjab is considered as the main hub […]
Filmmaker seeking support for “Kabaddi, “Kushti through DIFF documentary on May 14, 2019Kabaddi and Kushti are the Asian Forms of wrestling which are very popular in Indo-Pak sub-continent over the centuries. In Pakistan, there are annual Kabaddi and Kushti formal matches arranged at different levels, especially at Punjab and some regions of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. The Gujranwala district of Punjab is considered as the main hub of sports […]
Cockfighting — a cruel but popular activity in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on May 8, 2019The shining sun was at its peak and the whole village including animals was on a long rest as the summer came across as hot and humid. The streets of the village were silent and empty and it seemed like there were no humans living there. As I passed the village and covered some distance, […]
Pink Bus service launched in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on May 1, 2019Speaker of Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Mushtaq Ghani has inaugurated the Pink Bus Service in Abbottabad earlier on Wednesday. The Pink Bus Service was made functional for the female commuters to provide them with safe and reliable transportation. This service began with the financial help of Government of Japan and the technical assistance was […]
The lone warrior from the transgender community in KP on April 30, 2019Inza Shah, a human rights activist for the transgender community who is based in Mardan city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) is catapulted as a hope for the whole transgender community that is essentially voiceless and cannot speak up for their very basic rights. According to Inza Shah, there are more than 300 members of the […]
The Barbershop — an institute for political awareness on April 28, 2019“Our foreign policy is based on a lot of biases and it needs to be revived because we Pakistanis as a nation are getting isolated and many human rights organisations have declared Pakistan the most dangerous to place,” a local barber poured out these philosophical thoughts. It was early in the morning when I went […]
Study circle — a healthy but rare activity among youth in Pakistan on April 26, 2019Study circle is a new innovative adult learning method in the non-formal educational market which is often called a self-study group. The common people and specifically the students who want to gain some new skills or knowledge meet regularly in small groups to discuss the issue from different angles. Study circle is not an activity […]
Mobile snatcher guns down engineering student in Peshawar on April 22, 2019An engineering student Zeeshan Wazir hailing from North Wazirstan has been killed by the unknown mobile snatchers in the jurisdiction of Peshtahara police station Peshawar. According to his friends Zeeshan was on his way back to hostel at 3pm when the unknown mobile snatchers attacked him and wanted to snatch his mobile and as he […]
JI calls Hayatabad operation a fake encounter on April 21, 2019Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Khyber district head Shah Faisal on Saturday declared the Hayatabad operation a fake encounter by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police. Speaking at a press conference, Faisal said all the people killed in the Hayatabad operation belonged to Bara tehsil of Khyber district. Those killed in the operation included Amjid, s/o Mughal Baz; Tariq and […]