Pashto: A Code, A Language and A Life-long Quest!

A beautiful Pashtun Culture Hujra M.Shafiq The term hujra is especially prevalent in the predominantly Pashtun areas of Pakistan. Pashtun hujras are used mainly to entertain male guests in a household, although sometimes community hujras are also maintained by tribal units. In individual houses, the size and trappings of a hujra are sometimes indicative of family status. As old as perhaps the Jirga itself is, Hujra is a community club situated in each village, each Khail (street) and some times owned by a well off family but shared by the whole community. Other than a place to accommodate collective ceremonies, male members of the community who hang out and associate like a larger family regularly attend hujra(s). Members of a Hujra are mostly close relatives but other people from neighborhood are also welcomed. Elderly people spend their day to enjoy hubble-bubble and chat over the tea, younger men in their spare time listen to the stories of elders anraise issues...

Village beauty Sulaimankhel,Peshawar Pakistan. M.Shafiq. Suleman khel(Badhber) is the beautiful village of Peshawar, Pakistan. Nice people are living there and his occupation work in field, small business, transporter,some government employers and so other.... The Sulaimankhel (Pashto: سليمان خېل‎), or Suleiman Khel, are a Pashtun sub-tribe of the Ghilzai confederation. In the early 20th century, the tribe was recognized as generally pastoral.[1] In 1924, the Suleiman Khel joined in the Khost Rebellion initiated by the Mangal tribe.[2] The Suleiman Khel are one of the largest Ghilzai Pashtun sub tribes. Population of this tribe primarily lies in Pakistan and Afghanistan. According to Ghulab Mangal, former governor of Paktika Province, the Suleimankhel provided the majority of recruits for the Taliban in the province.[3] As a result, the level of Anti-Coalition Militia activities remain high in areas dominated by Suleiman Khel.[3] The bias of some sub-tribes toward t...

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