As I rode up the smiling verdant valley towards Saidu, the hereditary seat of the Badshah and now in course of rapid development into the capital of U
Read MoreThe Bonair Jirgah have unreservedly submitted to the Government, and Consented to carry out the following requirements:— (1) To dismiss the army of al
Read MoreI do not remember the exact year but most probably it was the second half of 1960s. A commonwealth Engineering Exhibition was schedule to be held in L
Read MoreReading history gives one a sense that how a wide variety of human characters thought at a particular time and how they reacted to certain situations
Read MoreWhereas the Government of India have no desire to annex the territory of Swat but have decided to accord formal recognition to the present de-facto ru
Read MoreThe period immediate after announcement of merger of Swat State was termed Status quo. But the new set up was swiftly asserted its authority. A Colone
Read MoreI was glad to leave Ude-gram on March 23rd and reach Saidu, the hereditary seat of the Badshah for I felt it advisable to meet without further delay t
Read More1. In clause 8 of the Murasila dated 20th June 1922 from Colonel Ramsay, Political Agent, Dir, Swat and Chitral, to the address of the Mian Gul of Swa
Read MoreAfter the takeover of Swat, and serving under the new setup, the lower staff missed the comradeship, the closeness and a family like environment, we h
Read MoreThe whole area is held sacred to the shrine of holy Pir Khushhal Baba, situated farther down by the side of a lively little rill. So none of the ferti
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