BATKHELA: Noted humorous poet of Pashto and script writer Iqbal Jan died of cardiac arrest at the age of 56. He left behind a widow and seven children to mourn his death. He was laid to rest at his ...
During the 17th and early 18th century, three very prominent Pashto poets honoured what today is Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of Pakistan. They were, in chronological order, Khushal Khan Khattak, Rahman Baba ...
“What tyrant has attacked my mountains this year/ When I go to shovel the snow, I pick up only blood.” This verse from a recent Pashto poem written by Mukhtar Orakzai, translated into English, best ...