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Attan ( Pashto: اتڼ ), the national dance of Afghanistan, is a traditional dance originating from the tribal Pashtun regions. [1] [2] The dance is performed during weddings or other celebrations (engagements, weddings and informal gatherings). The Attan was also conducted by Pashtuns in times of war such as the British occupation and the ...
Sammi Meri Waar سمّی میری وار. Hindko, Potohari. [1] Pa Bismillah Qadam Rawakhla په بسم الله قدم راواخله. Pashto. Aaya Laariye Ni. Musarrat Nazir. Punjabi. Ahesta Bero آهسته برو.
Families and friends are usually seated in a large hall during the ceremony. Marriage in Pakistan ( Urdu: پاکستانی شادی) pertains to wedding traditions established and adhered by Pakistani men and women. Despite their local and regional variations, marriages in Pakistan generally follow Islamic marital jurisprudence.
Barakzai. v. t. e. Pashtunwali ( Pashto: پښتونوالی ), also known as Pakhtunwali and Afghaniyat, [1] is the traditional lifestyle or a code of honour and tribal code of the Pashtun people, from Afghanistan and Pakistan, by which they live. Many scholars widely have interpreted it as being "the way of the Pashtuns" or "the code of life". [2]
Manzoor Ahmad Pashteen ( Pashto: منظور احمد پښتين, Urdu: منظور احمد پشتین) is a Pakistani Pashtun human rights activist from South Waziristan. He is chairman of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement ("Pashtun Protection Movement", PTM), [2] a social movement based in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan. [3] [4] From 11 to 14 ...
Ashraf Hotaki – Shah of Persia from 1725 to 1729 and fourth ruler of the Hotaki dynasty. Ayub Shah – Afghan king. Azim Khan Barakzai – Barakzai noble and governor of Kashmir. Azad Khan Afghan – Pashtun who was a major contender for Supremacy in ruling Persia. Daud Khan Panni – Mughal general.
The Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Pashto: خېبر پښتونخوا, Urdu: خیبر پختونخوا) has been known by a number of names throughout its history. In addition to North-West Frontier Province , the official name by which it was known from 1901 to 2010, until it was renamed. [1]
غني ( lit. 'Ghani') Khan Abdul Ghani Khan ( Pashto: خان عبدالغني خان; c. 1914 – 15 March 1996) was a Pashtun Pashto language philosopher, poet, artist, writer and politician. He was a son of Abdul Ghaffar Khan, a prominent British Raj -era independence activist. Throughout his life as a poet in both British India and Pakistan ...