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Demand to implement forthwith decision on Hindko Academy
Grand Mushaira on university campus draws 220 students
By Aftab Ahmad
PESHAWAR: The government should implement forthwith its 1987 decision of setting up a Hindko Academy to facilitate organized research on the language.
This demand was made at a grand Hindko Mushaira (poetry recital) arranged by the Khyber Literary Society at the Agha Khan Auditorium of the Peshawar University campus. The two other resolutions called for introducing Hindko in journals being brought out by different departments of the University of Peshawar and include the language in the Peshawar University Campus Radio broadcast.
Earlier, the literary function started with recitation from the Holy Quran. Followed by a Naat, Mr Mudassar Ahmad, a student of the Department of Physics, presented the address of welcome. Professor Fazle Mabood was the chief guest on the occasion while Professor Dr Sabir Kalorvi, presided over the event. An eminent Hindko writer, poet, research scholar and the first translator of the Holy Quran into Hindko, Haider Zaman Haider from Abbottabad, was the guest of honour.
A total of 150 man students and 70 woman students, drawn from three varsities -- University of Peshawar, NWFP Engineering University and NWFP Agriculture University -- turned up at the event, first of its kind in the history of the University of Peshawar. The guest poets from Peshawar, Kohat, Abbottabad and Akora Khattak (Nowshera) also captivated the audience.
Mohammad Ziauddin, secretary for a literary, cultural and social welfare organization, Gandhara Hindko Board, dwelt at length on the history the Hindko language and the areas where it was spoken. He said Hindko was from the Dardic Group of languages and was spoken in Peshawar, Hazara, Kohat, Nowshera (NWFP), Potohar and regions of Azad Kashmir.
Of the working and achievements of the Gandhara Hindko Board, he said the board had outreach to all those areas where the language was spoken. “The board has to its credit 17 Hindko books on different genres of the Hindko literature, including a voluminous Hindko dictionary. The work on a comprehensive Hindko dictionary is in full swing and a London-based scholar of Hindko from Peshawar, Professor Dr Elahi Bakhsh Awan, is carrying out the Herculean task”, Zia said proudly, adding the board had a broad-minded approach to promotion of Hindko language by stressing respect for and due attention to all the languages and cultures native to Gandhara – NWFP.
He said the board had launched a Hindko literary magazine “Hindkowan” in year 2004 for wider dissemination of the work being done for the Hindko language and Hindkowan culture. Zia said the Hindko journal had produced and promoted a new breed of Hindko writers, apart from digging out and bringing into fine print the literary masterpieces by the classic Hindko poets.
”The work on the versified Hindko translation of the Holy Quran is in final shape. The organization has also produced a Hindko audio cassette containing 10 folk songs”, he said, adding the efforts being made for the promotion of Hindko language would get a great boost if the educated young lot joined hands with those already engaged in the task.
Gandhara Hindko Board Vice-Chairman Assistant Professor Dr Adnan Gul said a language was a living library of culture, which was neither unimportant, nor imperial, adding all languages deserved due respects and needed to be preserved and developed without any bias. He said the Hindkowan culture was rich in all aspects and had survived and strengthened despite no official patronage. He exhorted the students to take pride in their language and culture.
Professor Fazle Mabood urged the students to take part in co-curricular activities as it was a must for personal grooming. Happy with the holding of a Hindko Mushaira, the chief guest said such activities helped promote the Hindko language and the culture. He said the Peshawar University would organize programmes in future as well for the promotion of other languages of the province.
Professor Dr Sabir Kalorvi praised the work being done in the private sector for the preservation and promotion of the Hindko language. “It is heartening to note that an increasing number of literary and cultural bodies are coming forward to work for an officially-neglected language”, he said, making a strong call for establishment of a Hindko Academy to conduct structured research on the language. Dr Kalorvi commended the Khyber Literary Society President Qaiser Khan, Chief Organizer Anwer Aalim and administration of the University of Peshawar for arranging a grand Hindko Mushaira on the campus.
Grand Mushaira on university campus draws 220 students
By Aftab Ahmad
PESHAWAR: The government should implement forthwith its 1987 decision of setting up a Hindko Academy to facilitate organized research on the language.
This demand was made at a grand Hindko Mushaira (poetry recital) arranged by the Khyber Literary Society at the Agha Khan Auditorium of the Peshawar University campus. The two other resolutions called for introducing Hindko in journals being brought out by different departments of the University of Peshawar and include the language in the Peshawar University Campus Radio broadcast.
Earlier, the literary function started with recitation from the Holy Quran. Followed by a Naat, Mr Mudassar Ahmad, a student of the Department of Physics, presented the address of welcome. Professor Fazle Mabood was the chief guest on the occasion while Professor Dr Sabir Kalorvi, presided over the event. An eminent Hindko writer, poet, research scholar and the first translator of the Holy Quran into Hindko, Haider Zaman Haider from Abbottabad, was the guest of honour.
A total of 150 man students and 70 woman students, drawn from three varsities -- University of Peshawar, NWFP Engineering University and NWFP Agriculture University -- turned up at the event, first of its kind in the history of the University of Peshawar. The guest poets from Peshawar, Kohat, Abbottabad and Akora Khattak (Nowshera) also captivated the audience.
Mohammad Ziauddin, secretary for a literary, cultural and social welfare organization, Gandhara Hindko Board, dwelt at length on the history the Hindko language and the areas where it was spoken. He said Hindko was from the Dardic Group of languages and was spoken in Peshawar, Hazara, Kohat, Nowshera (NWFP), Potohar and regions of Azad Kashmir.
Of the working and achievements of the Gandhara Hindko Board, he said the board had outreach to all those areas where the language was spoken. “The board has to its credit 17 Hindko books on different genres of the Hindko literature, including a voluminous Hindko dictionary. The work on a comprehensive Hindko dictionary is in full swing and a London-based scholar of Hindko from Peshawar, Professor Dr Elahi Bakhsh Awan, is carrying out the Herculean task”, Zia said proudly, adding the board had a broad-minded approach to promotion of Hindko language by stressing respect for and due attention to all the languages and cultures native to Gandhara – NWFP.
He said the board had launched a Hindko literary magazine “Hindkowan” in year 2004 for wider dissemination of the work being done for the Hindko language and Hindkowan culture. Zia said the Hindko journal had produced and promoted a new breed of Hindko writers, apart from digging out and bringing into fine print the literary masterpieces by the classic Hindko poets.
”The work on the versified Hindko translation of the Holy Quran is in final shape. The organization has also produced a Hindko audio cassette containing 10 folk songs”, he said, adding the efforts being made for the promotion of Hindko language would get a great boost if the educated young lot joined hands with those already engaged in the task.
Gandhara Hindko Board Vice-Chairman Assistant Professor Dr Adnan Gul said a language was a living library of culture, which was neither unimportant, nor imperial, adding all languages deserved due respects and needed to be preserved and developed without any bias. He said the Hindkowan culture was rich in all aspects and had survived and strengthened despite no official patronage. He exhorted the students to take pride in their language and culture.
Professor Fazle Mabood urged the students to take part in co-curricular activities as it was a must for personal grooming. Happy with the holding of a Hindko Mushaira, the chief guest said such activities helped promote the Hindko language and the culture. He said the Peshawar University would organize programmes in future as well for the promotion of other languages of the province.
Professor Dr Sabir Kalorvi praised the work being done in the private sector for the preservation and promotion of the Hindko language. “It is heartening to note that an increasing number of literary and cultural bodies are coming forward to work for an officially-neglected language”, he said, making a strong call for establishment of a Hindko Academy to conduct structured research on the language. Dr Kalorvi commended the Khyber Literary Society President Qaiser Khan, Chief Organizer Anwer Aalim and administration of the University of Peshawar for arranging a grand Hindko Mushaira on the campus.
