The Kalash Valley in Chitral is blanketed in snow, the perfect time for the indigenous game, snow golf or crackgar in Kalash language. Rules are simple, clubs are wooden and the puck is placed on tee ...

Welcome to Chitral, where rose-filled valleys meet snow-capped peaks, and vibrant festivals illuminate the hidden tales of fairies and resilient spirits. Chitral was once known as Paristan — the land ...

While Pakistan is predominantly a Muslim nation, it is home to an ancient pagan people known as the Kalash who claim descent from Alexander the Great. Known for the love of wine, unveiled women, ...

ISLAMABAD: The Kalash tribe in Chitral valley has begun its annual Chawmos festival, an ancient winter celebration that attracts both local and foreign tourists. The festival, which lasts for two ...

Thousands of tourists have been pouring in from across the country into Chitral valley in the dead of the winter overcrowding the hotels and guest houses in the far flung areas especially Kalash ...

THIS is apropos of the report attributed to the ‘people of villages of lower Chitral’ (July 25). May I say that luckily Chitral is too small a place for people not to know who is saying what and why ...

I heard a lot about magnificent Kalash Valley and its beautiful people but never got a chance to go there. So, when I got an opportunity to visit Kalash Valley, situated in Chitral, I was more than ...

ISLAMABAD: Forced conversions, land settlement, non-availability of school education curriculum as per their religious beliefs and deprivation from many other basic human rights are the most ...

The annual three-day festival kicks off amid stringent security in scenic Chitral. The three-day Kalash spring festival, Chilam Joshi, launched with usual fervor in the Bumboret Valley on May 13, and ...

Conservative Muslims accuse the minority community of causing last month’s earthquake. Conservative Muslims in Pakistan’s northwest are blaming the animist Kalash for a powerful earthquake that ...