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Mehnaz, [4] known professionally as Gul Panra (sometimes spelled Gulpanra; Pashto: ګل پاڼه; Urdu: گل پانڑہ; born 6 September 1989), is a Pakistani folk singer and touring artist, mainly associated with Pashto language music industry.
It the first-ever Pashto film released in Pakistan. It was also debut film for Badar Munir and Yasmin Khan. The film was released on 1 December 1970. 1971 Darra Khyber: Mumtaz Ali Khan Asif Khan, Surayya Khan, Rabnawaz, Umar Daraz, Aman, Rehana Social Released on 14 May 1971 Bahadur Khan: B.R. Sayed Rukhsana, Humayun Qureshi, Nagina
Pashtun culture (Pashto: پښتون کلتور) is based on Pashtunwali, as well as speaking of the Pashto language and wearing Pashtun dress.. Pashtunwali and Islam are the two main factors which make the baseline for the social behavior in Pashtun society. [1]
The Loralai speak a dialect which is a "soft" Pashto dialect, similar to the Kandahari dialect. The Safi, a few Jaduns, and other minor northern Gharghashti tribes speak the northern or "hard" Pashto variety. The Jaduns, living on the Mahabun mountain slopes around Swabi speak Pashto, while those living in Hazara speak Pashto and Hindko.
Pashto employs the Pashto alphabet, a modified form of the Perso-Arabic alphabet or Arabic script. [106] In the 16th century, Bayazid Pir Roshan introduced 13 new letters to the Pashto alphabet. The alphabet was further modified over the years. The Pashto alphabet consists of 45 to 46 letters [107] and 4 diacritic marks. Latin Pashto is also used.
Pashtun diaspora (Pashto: بهر مېشت پښتانه) comprises all ethnic Pashtuns.There are millions of Pashtuns who are living outside of their traditional homeland of Pashtunistan, a historic region that is today situated over parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan. [12]
Pashtuns (/ ˈ p ʌ ʃ ˌ t ʊ n /, / ˈ p ɑː ʃ ˌ t ʊ n /, / ˈ p æ ʃ ˌ t uː n /; Pashto: پښتانه, romanized: Pəx̌tānə́; [18]), also known as Pakhtuns, [19] or Pathans, [d] are a nomadic, [23] [24] [25] pastoral, [26] [27] eastern Iranic ethnic group [19] primarily residing in northwestern Pakistan and southern and eastern Afghanistan.
Pashtunistan (Pashto: پښتونستان, lit. 'land of the Pashtuns') [4] or Pakhtunistan is a historical region on the crossroads of Central and South Asia, located on the Iranian Plateau, inhabited by the Pashtun people of southern and eastern Afghanistan [5] and northwestern Pakistan, [6] [7] wherein Pashtun culture, the Pashto language, and identity have been based.