An extra –ordinary meeting of ‘Rahul Memorial Helpline Trust’ was held at Polyclinic Rahul Memorial Helpline Muthi. The meeting was attended by its members and was chaired by its sole Trustee Sh P.N Pandita. In the meeting an overall working of the trust and the Polyclinic at Muthi was taken into consideration and the members […]
Annual Festival of Kalash community Chomas on its peak
Annual religious festival of Kalash community Chomas on its peak. CHITRAL: Annual religious festival of Kalash community Chatarmas (Chomas) is being celebrating in three valleys of Kalash community Rumbor, Bumborate and Birir. But the festival is on its peaks these days. The religious festival has been started from December 7 but it will be […]
Qaqlasht Festival 2010 Concluded
Jashan-e-Qaqlasht, the calendar spring festival of the people of northern Chitral was concluded yesterday after continuing from April 15 to 18. The festival has a history of about two thousand years, but was abandoned after Chitral’s status as a separate princedom came to an end in 1969, to be revived in 2003 through the intervention of […]
The first anniversary of the 8.0 magnitude Sichuan earthquake
Today, 12 May, marks the first anniversary of the 8.0 magnitude Sichuan earthquake. A year has passed but many wounds are still open and many lives remain shattered. Tens of thousands of victims still live in temporary shelters, and tens of thousands of children still do not have a school to go to. That’s why […]
Paul Biya:Anatomy of a Rare Brand of Leadership in Africa
1. Paul Biya: Anatomy of a Rare Brand of Leadership in Africa By Ajong Mbapndah L For a leader who rarely grants interviews especially in Cameroon where he has served as President since 1982, Paul Biya’s October 29th 2007 outing on the French TV Channel France 24 was expected to address a number of burning […]