"We will eliminate the Jamaat from our area and impose the real Islam. You will see that we succeed this time," Sufi Ahmed (not his real name) told me as our jeep approached Dir/Malakand. Sufi Ahmed is a young and budding leader of the banned Tehreek-i-Nifaz-i-Shariat-i-Mohammadi (TNSM) . . . Read More

The Edwardes High school was the first attempt in Peshawar as regarding Missionary work, which was established in 1855 by Robert Clarke under the patronage of Sir Herbert Edwardes. The Muslims of the sub continent realized the urgent need for modern education after the 1857 war of independence. . . . Read More

Pakhtun women who abstain from openly expressing their feelings in public, are uninhibited while rendering a song or a "zaarah" (funerary lament). During such informal performances, a woman acts as a singer, poet, and director all at the same time . . . Read More