PESHAWAR: Swat Valley in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa was once home to famous Pashto musicians and performers. It has now been stripped off its musical culture. Arts and music that had flourished under Swat ...

Music has returned to Swat. As life in the valley returns to normalcy, writers and poets are again writing odes to the land and its culture. The first album of Sardar Yousufzai, a popular local Pashto ...

MINGORA: The first-ever Swat food festival attracted a large number of people from all walks of life including civil society members, government officials and politicians. The two-day food festival ...

PESHAWAR: The population of famous music street Banr in Mingora, Swat has been reduced to 40 families compared to more than 80 families in early 80s due to repression and militancy in the scenic ...

20-year-old Sadia Shah sings in the famous Banr market of Swat district and hopes to build a career in this profession but memories of violence from the days of Taliban are still fresh in her mind.