Historical Background District Chitral is the Northern part of KhyberPukhtunkhwa dominated by the Kho people speaking Khowar language. According to 2017 census, the population of Chitral district is 447,362. Populated by the majority…
Mountains, rivers, lakes and woods have always frightened or charmed man. In retaliation, man has woven a great deal of myths around them. Whether it is the Himalaya, Alps, Karakorum or Hindu Kush peaks or the rivers that flow from the…
Prologue: sketches on space “About four or five miles farther up the valley, beyond the Yúsufzí boundary, there are few hamlets, the two principal of which are called Chúr-ra'i, on the east bank, and Tírátaey, on the opposite side. These…
The collective cultural and historical memory and epigraphic evidence testify to the existence of Silk Route in the region.
Kalash or Kalasha are a small ethnic and religious community living near the western borders of the Chitral district, close to the neighbouring Afghan province of Nuristan (Nooristan). Shrouded in mystery, there are many different claims…
