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• Symbols of a glorious past
  The earthquake that wreaked havoc in the northern districts of NWFP and Azad Kashmir on October 8, 2005 killing about 83000 people and injuring more than 150,000 also caused damage to historical buildings and monuments. It might take decades to heal the wounds inflicted by the natural disaster and to rehabilit
• Privates Schools in Swat include Pukhtu in curriculum A time will come when all the Pukhtuns- irrespective of age, social, economic and educational levels- will not feel ashamed to express themselves in Pashto/Pukhtu, their mother tongue through which they get their culture internalized, their identity established and community evolved
• For some Pakistani mullahs, the airwaves are a pulpit Along Pakistan's border with Afghanistan, the popularity of Maulana Fazlullah has soared since he began broadcasting his ultra-conservative beliefs
• Exclusive: An interview with Maulana Fazalullah
  Maulana Fazalullah, a thirty three years old resident of Mamderai, Swat is the most talked about personality in the region. He has a large number of followers many of whom are ready to sacrifice their lives and every thing for his cause. He was born in the house of Biladar Khan; a Pukhtun of
• Demolishing Jahanzeb College
  The people are poor, infrastructure deplorable and services scarce in Swat and its adjoining district. The so called government is paying no attention to the development of these remote areas which have a potential for tourism, some industries and hydroelectric power generation
• NWFP renaming, Afghania emerging as acceptable alternative
  The PML-N has made up its mind about the new name of NWFP and its none other than the much-used and worn-out Khyber
• Swara: An Engima
  Despite the fact that the Pukhtun society remained tribal and to some extent acephalous, the lives and actions of the people had been regulated and governed by unwritten but well-defined and well-known customs, norms, codes and rules called Pukhtu, which is also the name of the language of the people.It is a commonly known saying that ‘Pukhtu is not only a language but also the code that governs the
• Black Burqa
  Swat is a valley of typical pukhtun culture like other pukhtun areas. Purdah is an essential part of this culture. This is observed by wearing various form i.e. paronai, Bangla or Behari Burqa, caped or shuttle cork Burqa, and a new entry of Ninja or Arabic Burqa. No one can deny purdah in any form. The Maulanas stressed variety is the shuttle cork Burqa with special emphasis on black Burqa in Swat
• Female Education’s lot takes a Cancerious growth in the Vicinity
  “ 80 girls students left school and I like to listen a good news of 20 more to reach the number to 100”, Said Maulana Fazlullah on FM channel last night
• Illegal FM Radios spreading hatred
  More than 100 illegal Fm radio stations have been set up in the tribal areas and throughout NWFP by heads of seminaries and religious groups, which is turning to be the main source of radicalising the society
• ANP finally wakes up
  The Awami National Party is waking up from the long slumber to adopt a policy on the fate and future of more than 3.5 million tribal people sandwiched between the extremist groups and the security forces amid hopes to explore ways and means for lasting peace in the region. , The 'Pakhtun Peace Jirga' or­ganised by ANP at Bacha Khan Markaz in Peshawar today (Mon­day) is expected to draw leaders from different political and reli­gious background to sit together and find a negotiated solution to the trouble going on in the tribal belt and its spillover
• Pashtunes Mullah and Naswar
  Perhaps, the simple and kind-hearted Pashtuns of NWFP and Balochistan did not know when they voted the clergy to power in the backdrop of US-led occupation of Afghanistan that their decision would backfire and earn them a bad name