A representational image of reporters. — AFP/FileIn modern societies,...
The picture shows a girl reading Urdu from a blackboard. — AFP/File The...
The image shows Ushu village of Kalam Valley in Swat. —...
This classification was used to distinguish these indigenous groups from others after their conversion to Islam
Trump’s policies have been labeled short-sighted, exacerbating difficulties for most vulnerable populations
Changes are influenced by modernisation, state policies, external cultural influences and environmental challenges
Joyous gatherings, poetic expressions, and cultural rituals that revolved around water are now echoes of distant past
River originates from glaciers of Gabral, Mahodand, Mankiyal, Shetangoot and Daral
Protesters set fire to the Madyan Police Station and the vehicles parked...
A language is not just a collection of phonetics, phonology, words, syntax and grammar
Though many people didn't expect ANP to be a major victor in province they did not anticipate ANP losing elections with such a high margin
Representational image. — UnsplashA language dies when nobody speaks it...
As temperatures in the densely populated urban cities increase, many...
Recently, a person from the village that one of the writers of this piece...
In the Dardic Belt and Gujari areas of Swat, people did not have access...
Students of the Institute of Management Sciences, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ...
The traditional council, or ‘jirga’, is known by different names in...
Form No 2 of the upcoming Digital Census 2023 includes basic questions...
Get together a group of young girls and boys, sit with them, and shed...
Being on the periphery, these communities are marginalized, left behind and forgotten
On September 5, 2021, an article titled ‘Language beyond Politics’...
The eastern one comprises the upper Swat valley – from Pia Madyan to Ghizer pass via Bahrain, Kalam, Utror and Mahodand.
Speech predates writing. Oral language is the essential language....
Since the Single National Curriculum was made public by the incumbent...
The writer heads an independent organisation dealing with education and...
Pakistan is often seen as, and rightly so, a hard country for campaigns....
An Italian researcher and scholar has deconstructed the myths around the...
Efforts towards revitalising endangered languages have gained global...
In our collective and individual mindset, there still exists a colonial...
The PTI government has thankfully completed its first 100 days in office...
When we look at the stark gender disparity in our cultural milieu, a...
Kohistan, the land of mountains, is a congregation of valleys surrounded...
“Owing to the depth and extreme narrowness of the valley in which the...
Diversity is a complex phenomenon and the term itself connotes many...
The term ‘linguicism’ was coined in the 1980s by Finnish linguist and...
Looking for conspiracies and foreign hands in almost every social or...
When passing through a village a few kilometres below the famous Shandur...
The Swat Valley in northern Pakistan is usually referred to as the...
The government of Gilgit-Baltistan has been trying to chalk out a...
Passu is a beautiful village about 150 kilometres on the Karakorum...
“One does not inhabit a country; one inhabits a language.”...
Ours has unfortunately become a terribly exclusionist society. But it is...
A couple of smart cops greeted me and led me to a big room with multiple...
According to a recent report by the United Nations Development Program,...
In his recent book, ‘Education Policies in Pakistan’, Shahid...
The peripheries in Pakistan do not get their due share of attention,...
Few in Pakistan are unaware of the beauty and bounty of Swat and its...
The writer heads an independent organisation dealing with education and...
Shahbaz Shaheen’s daughter, Fatima, asked him: “Papa, where...
When we look at the cultural diversity of Pakistan we see a beautiful...
