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 ...

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 ...

The beginning of this year witnessed the launch of some new Pashto poetry books, versifying the present social turmoil and militancy. Poets and writers are among the most vigilant and responsive ...

Qalandar Momand (1930-2003), whose 88 th birthday fell yesterday, is regarded as an epoch-making and trend-setting personality in Pashto literature, journalism and politics in the 20 th century.