Dotani is a Pashtun tribe of the Lodhi confederation and is still mainly nomadic. The Dotan's have sometims been included among the Lohani tribes because of common migratory patterns. All indigenous accounts point to a wholly independent status, however a few sources have provided the best discussion of internal subdivisions of the tribe . . . Read More

The suspension of the basic membership of Farid Toofan, former provincial general secretary of Awami National Party does seem a mere storm in a tea cup, but it is likely to bring some hard facts to light that the party chief, Senator Asfandyar Wali Khan is likely to face strong opposition within his family. . . . Read More

Poetry, says Wordsworth, is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge. It is the impassioned expression of the soul and poets were there first on the scene even before the birth of all the major civilizations of the world. Therefore not strangely the Pakhtoons who have a long history, full of sound and fury, also produced men and women with a finer quality of lofty imagination and creativity. . . . Read More