“What tyrant has attacked my mountains this year/ When I go to shovel the snow, I pick up only blood.” This verse from a recent Pashto poem written by Mukhtar Orakzai, translated into English, best ...

PESHAWAR: Pashto poetry is popularly known as relating to either love or war. Modern scholars, however, are starting to dig deeper to the ‘scientific core’ of Pukhtun verses. “This region’s classical ...

More Pashtuns live in Karachi than any other city in the world and they are concerned about their heritage It was the afternoon of September 24. A group of people -- both young and old -- gathered at ...

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PESHAWAR: Speakers termed a new Pashto poetry collection by Dr Roshan Kalim Sarhindi a strong voice for women rights in the society. The Pohantoon Adabi Stori, a literary organisation, conducted the ...

PESHAWAR: Speakers at a function termed new collection of Pashto poetry titled ‘Maraam’ (target) as spirit of the time and voice of Pakhtuns. Pohantoon Adabi Stori (PAS), a literary organisation ...

(MENAFN- Tribal News Network) PESHAWAR: There is a poet in Koz Killi village in Jadba tehsil of Torghar district who is teaching Pashto writing and calligraphy to students without any fee. The poet, ...

Rahman Baba is one of the most illustrious Pashto poets. His poetry has been inspiring people for almost four centuries. He is the Rumi of Pashto literature in that his is about humanity, peace, love ...

Prominent poets and notable literary figures from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa attended the 25th death anniversary of renowned Pashto poet Amir Hamza Khan here in Landi Kotal, on Sunday. Khyber Pashto Adabi ...

Female poet Zarlasht Hafeez speaks of the "grief-stricken Pashtuns" The violence in Afghanistan and the Pashtun-inhabited parts of Pakistan is making itself felt on the cultural and social life of the ...