Author name: Zubair Torwali

by Zubair Torwali *The author is a senior research fellow with CRSS and the Executive Director of Idara Baraye Taleem-o-Taraqi (IBT) Bahrain Swat, KP, Pakistan. *Bengali was given the status of National Language in 1952 after long protests and language movement in the East Pakistan by students, teachers and civil society. Introduction Being an outcome […]

by Zubair Torwali* Introduction Swat has a long history blended with rich cultural heritage and occupation by foreign forces. It used to be one of the great seats of the Buddhism, Daradas and Indo-Greek influence. When Swat was invaded by Mahmood of Ghazna in the early eleventh century it was ruled by Darada kings who

by Zubair Torwali* *The author is a senior research fellow with CRSS and the Executive Director of Idara Baraye Taleem-o-Taraqi (IBT) Bahrain Swat, KP, Pakistan. Torwali is a Dardic language spoken by a community of about 80,000-100,000 in the idyllic valleys of upper Swat district in north Pakistan. It is one of the Pakistan’s 28

By Zubair Torwali[1] Abstract The Greek historian Herodotus of the fifth century BC used the term “Dadikai” for people now known as Dards or Dardic. He placed the land between Kashmir and Afghanistan as Darada. “Darada” is the Sanskrit term used for the inhabitants of the region. In Pakistan the region is rarely called Dardistan