NOWSHERA: Renowned research scholar, poet, critic and former director of Pashto Academy, University of Peshawar Dr Rajwali Shah Khattak died of cardiac arrest late on Monday night...
Noted progressive Pashto poet Rahmat Shah Sail, Prof Yar Mohammad Maghmoom Khattak, Salim Raz, Prof Iqbal Naseem Khattak, Prof Abaseen Yousafzai, Dr Khaliq Ziar and a large number of writers, teachers, students and fans of the late poet were present on...
PESHAWAR: Pashto music has a great future due to the people’s undying love for it, claims visually-impaired rabab player Mohibullah...
I love good Pashto poetry and most often I compose tunes on the ghazals of Rahman Baba, Qalandar Baba, Hamza Baba and Khatir Afridi...
PESHAWAR: Close relatives and friends of senior Pashto folk singer Gulzar Alam have confirmed that he along with his family members had left Peshawar for Kabul via Torkham almost two months ago owing to his poor financial condition and alleged philistine attitude of culture department...
A close friend of Mr Alam, claiming anonymity, told this scribe that he had gone to Kabul on a six-month visa and was yet to decide regarding...
PESHAWAR: Pashto poets at a literary gathering on Sunday pledged to work for promotion of local art and culture...
Around 30 local Pashto poets participated in the event...
PESHAWAR: Poets, writers and intellectuals gathered here on Friday to appreciate a new poetry collection ‘Su Jawanda Mazal’ (the journey through lives) recently published and authored by a noted progressive Pashto poet Rashid Khattak...
Pohantoon Adabi Stori (PAS), a literary organisation comprising young university students, conducted the launching ceremony at the Maulana Abdul Qadir Hall of Pashto Academy, University of Peshawar... ...
PESHAWAR: A co-producer of Pashto films has announced directing his first Pashto movie to highlight different aspects of the Pakhtun society in a positive manner...
Flanked by known actor of Pashto movies, Jahangir Khan Jani and Pashto films heroin, Afreen Paree, and other actors, Mr Usman said that his movie would focus different angles of the Pakhtun society...
He said that his quarterly Pashto fiction magazine ‘Tasweer’ would also publish translated version of short stories from different other languages to enrich Pashto literature...
Spreading over 68 pages, the magazine contains 11 short stories including Pashto rendition of one short story ‘The Last Night of the World’ penned down by American science fiction legend Ray Bradbury and two short stories from Urdu fiction one each written by...
PESHAWAR: Noted Pashto and Urdu poet, research scholar and literary critic Riaz Tasneem died in a Karachi hospital on Monday morning after battling for life for more than a month...
Pashto poets, writers, fans and family members attended his funeral...
PESHAWAR: Haroon Bacha, a noted Pashto folksinger has recently launched his Pashto ghazal album titled ‘Gulrang’, the fiftieth in the run in his 25-year music career...
Afsarul Mulk Afghan, chairman of Da Ranra Malgari, told Dawn that events would be soon held in Peshawar and Kabul to celebrate the silver jubilee and golden jubilee of Haroon Bacha’s contributions to Pashto music...
BATKHELA: Noted Pashto writer Prof Mohammad Nawaz Tair breathed his last at the age of 83 after protracted illness...
Born in historic Thana village of Malakand in 1934, Prof Mohammad Nawaz Tair got master degrees in Pashto and Persian literatures from University of Peshawar...
ISLAMABAD: The 10-day Lok Mela concluded at Lok Virsa on Sunday with a grand, Pashto musical evening...
An awards ceremony was held on Saturday, in which awards sponsored by the Pakistan Baitul Mal in terms of financial assistance were distributed among artisans, artists, dancers and musicians based on the recommendations of a jury constituted by Lok Virsa...
PESHAWAR: The Pashto film industry commonly known as Pollywood has screened five Pashto movies full of thrill and romance on Eidul Fitr as compared to just three flicks last year...
The struggling Pashto film industry is trying its best to entertain movie-buffs at least on two Eid festivals as its production has already been limited to these two propitious occasions...
SHANGLA: Speakers at a ceremony here on Monday urged the government to take practical steps for promotion of Pashto literature...
The ceremony was held at Jinnah Park in Bisham City to launch a Pashto poetry book “Sa Wakhtoona Dasay Woo”...
PESHAWAR: The students and teachers of Islamia College University showered accolades of praise on senior Pashto writer Zaitoon Bano for her meritorious literary contributions...
The event was conducted under the auspices of Pashto department of ICU at Khyber Union Hall here on Tuesday...
PESHAWAR: Pashto musicians have called upon Islamabad and Kabul to consider waiving travelling documents for artists and singers both in Pakistan and Afghanistan...
They said that Pashto music would suffer owing to visa restrictions and unfavourable conditions...