Fateh-ul-Mulk Ali Nasir

@avzaagzonunaada In Khowar the word for sprouted wheat is shoshp. Maize is Juwari, which i think comes from the Pashto pronunciation for jowar (millet). Corn/maize has only been around in Chitral since about 1890, so its a relatively new introduction.

@NaveedSavul @Sia_Goosh @Jaferii I wish you all the best sir.

@Sia_Goosh @FatehMulk @Jaferii So sorry to have messed up Chitrali succession plan but all i know and care to know they Capt. Siraj-Ul-Mulk and his wife has placed Chitral on the map by making that fantastic hotel which is one of the top tourist destination in Pakistan due to its hospitality standards.

Chitral Airport 5 flights a day! 😂 These mainlanders lie with so much confidence, always cross check information when you are new to the place. PIA ATR used to have two flights a week.

@huss72901886 @Sia_Goosh @NaveedSavul @Jaferii Also, I have done small projects in each VC, the TMA and RDD schemes are ongoing as we speak, where the weather allows.

@FatehMulk @Sia_Goosh @NaveedSavul @Jaferii Sir you also hold the member of provincial assembly seat, but unfortunately you did nothing for the people of chitral, specifically for garam chashma. We have good tourism spots but having bad roads. You noticed?

@huss72901886 @Sia_Goosh @NaveedSavul @Jaferii The Garam Chashma Road is an NHA project, Federal Govwrnment, but I have gotten an NOC and Included the Shoghore to Garam Chashma portion the ADB Rural Road project, should start this year. The Arkari road is also in the same package

@avzaagzonunaada @Social__eclipse Yes, particulalry in Upper Chitral. In some parts of Lower Chitral its called shupinak shapik. We also have another version with a white sauce made of atta, milk and butter instead of cheese called cheer aa shapik.

Food tweet: In an era of fast food, traditional dishes are real blessing. Ghulmundee we call it in #Burushaski

@avzaagzonunaada @Social__eclipse In Chitral Ghalmandi is made with shupinak, a fresher and lighter firm of paneer, similar to American cottage cheese. Either walnut oil or desi ghee is used instead of apricot oil.

@NaveedSavul @Jaferii @Sia_Goosh Siraj-ul-Mulk is not the Wali of Chitral (the actual title is Mehtar), the last one before the state was merged was my father. Now I wear the pagri.

@Jaferii @Sia_Goosh I would take Captain Siraj-Ul-Mulk’s words being an Ex-PIA Captain and Walia Chitral!.

My resolution asking the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to initiate a renewable energy program to generate 1000 MW of hydro, solar and wind power. Inshallah it will be included in this year's Annual Development Plan.

@avzaagzonunaada All the Caribbean South American sugarcane shipped over in vast quantities made sugar a staple. Where in other parts of the world it remained a luxury or seasonal ingredient.

@CultureExploreX @onantisland It is one if the core values of Buddhism too, which was probably the faith followed by the one who inscribed that etching.

@onantisland Great reminder. So it just further shows the influence of various cultures in the region.

Along the Karakoram Highway in northern Pakistan lies one of the world’s most overlooked archaeological wonders. Thousands of ancient rock carvings etched into the mountains over millennia. Discovered in stages starting in 1884, these petroglyphs were fully revealed during the construction of the highway in 1978, prompting a German-Pakistani research effort led by scholars like Karl Jettmar and Ahmed Hassan Dani. Since then, researchers have uncovered carvings and inscriptions in multiple ancient languages, including Brahmi, Sogdian, Tibetan, and even Hebrew. Some inscriptions carry haunting messages, like “Always remember, you must die,” offering a glimpse into the philosophical depth of these forgotten cultures. The carvings span over 10,000 years of history, starting from the late Stone Age and evolving through the Bronze Age, Persian imperial expansions, and finally the golden age of Buddhism between the 5th and 8th centuries. Among the carvings are faceless giants, mythical beasts, warriors in Persian dress, and massive depictions of the Buddha and stupas that resemble machines more than temples, evoking imagery from Hinduism. These rock faces provide us a time capsule of belief systems, cultural shifts, and ancient human imagination carved into the bones of the Earth.

Passed a resolution in the KP Assembly that urges the Government of KP to approve a hybrid renewable energy progran producing 1000 MW from hydro, solar and wind power. This is a province wide initiative with hydro and wind in the North and solar paower from the Southern Districts

The Standing Committee on Revenue & Estate of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, of which I have the honour of being Chairman, reviewed and approved a bill on the establishment of special Courts for Overseas Pakistanis.

@avzaagzonunaada The Khowar word is okhchz, with a kh in the middle amd the chz sound at the end. Younger people have stopped pronouncing it in the correct form amd now say ohz. Unfortunately Khowar pronunciation is being simplified.

@MuzzammilAslam3 Sir please allocate reasonable funding for renewable energy projects in our province, hydro and wind in the north and solar in the south. We can very easily generate thousands of megawatts of clean energy and be self sufficient.

The first thing we should work out is Turkmenistan, Iran, Pakistan Gas pipeline. This will bring lots of energy security to Pakistan

@AsmakLone Eastern Nuristan was effectively part of Chitral for two centuries before its conquest by Amir Abdur Rahman in 1895. The Bashgal people (Barge Matal and Kamdesh) paid agricultural taxes to the Katoor Mehtars and fought for us in our wars with Badakhshan and our Khoshwaqt kinsmen.

Afghanistan’s claims over Chitral date centuries back ~ Also one of d reasons the ruler of Chitral, Mehtar Amanul Mulk entered a tributary relationship with the Maharaja of Kashmir in 1876 in pursuit of security, in alliance with the British, against expansionist Afghan designs.

@Ziyad_F_I Interesting, what are the origjns of this community? They appear to be Punjabi.

Some years ago I met some members (including clergy) of the Orthodox community in Pakistan. It was fascinating to learn about theological studies in Russia, relations with the more numerous denominations in the country, etc.

@mustafa_nawazk Islamabad should have a legislative assembly and government of its own, it has a larger population than Gilgit Baltistan which has had an assembly/council since the 70s.

Islamabad should be run by its residents through an effective local government system, not by bureaucrats. Its residents have been left without a say in the city’s affairs and at the whims and fancies of incompetent baboos!

Eid Mubarak!

@ephebos_ @avzaagzonunaada @talhaahmad127 I'm a politician, a member of the provincial legislature of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa representing Lower Chitral. I am also the ceremonial Mehtar, heir to the last ruler of Chitral when it was a princely state. Linguistics, history and archaeology are my interests but no free time now!

@FatehMulk @avzaagzonunaada @talhaahmad127 Why they support you ? i don’t know about much about Pakistan

The Nuristanis were forcibly converted to Islam by Abdul Rehman Khan, the ruler of Afghanistan. Many escaped the border and now practice their faith in Pakistan.