Many accounts of the siege of Chitral have been written, some by eyewitnesses, but none of them are as authoritative, or as exciting, as this one, written by the principal actor in the drama . . . Read More

Since the time of Alexander the Great to the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Pathans have inhabited a land stretching from southern Afghanistan to the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan. This territory became the graveyard for empires and invaders for the past several centuries. This proud race makes up one of the world's largest tribal societies, where each clan guards its own territory and honour. . . . Read More

Hailing from the Taizi family of Momand tribe, Sher Zaman was born in 1931 in the house of Kator Shah at Pabbi. The matriculation certificate dated the first of November 1948 that he had received from the University of Punjab carries the date of his birth as 3 November 1931. . . . Read More