My Search For Troy
Troy is the legendary city of Homer’s Iliad, the location of the fabled Trojan War which provided the literary bedrock...
Friday, May 20, 2022
The Curious Case Of The Chitrali Tiger
On a bitterly cold snowy day, in the frigid month of January, a Chitrali huntsman once saw a brightly coloured...
Another Route To China: Can CPEC Open Up More Secure Alternatives To The Khunjerab Pass?
The China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a very well-thought-out and executed project. The various road networks – many of...
Chitral’s Role In The Liberation Of Gilgit-Baltistan
Chitral and Gilgit-Baltistan have much in common. Although Chitral is culturally and linguistically linked to Gilgit-Baltistan, it has never been...
When Horse Lords Subdued Iran, India And Beyond: The Empire Of The Hephthalites
The Eurasian steppe is a vast sea of grassland extending almost unbroken from the Pannonian Basin in Europe all the...
Chitral and the Durand Line
Chitral’s relationship with Afghanistan has been a complex one. It is impossible to examine Chitrali history and culture without seeing...
Pakistan’s Stonehenge
Megaliths are ancient stone structures which are found throughout the world. The cultures who built these monuments were usually at...
The Pull of the Himalayan Golden Mahseer
If there is one freshwater gamefish on the continent of Asia that surpasses all others it is the Himalayan Mahseer...
Milinda: Philosopher King of Gandhara and Punjab
Menander I Soter was the best known among the Indo-Greek kings. He started out as a classic ‘Hellenistic Tyrant’ who...
Qaghlasht in Spring
Early spring in Chitral is a beautiful time. This year Spring came early as almost no snow fell in the...
South Asian Naval Forays Across the Bay
Fateh-ul-Mulk Ali Nasir EXPLAINS WHAT MADE TWO SOUTH ASIAN RULERS SET OUT FOR WAR ACROSS THE SEA – AN UNUSUAL...
A Maldivian Angling Expedition
BY FATEH-UL-MULK ALI NASIR
In Search of Ashoka’s Edict
BY FATEH-UL-MULK ALI NASIR
When Hollywood Came to Chitral
By Fateh-ul-Mulk Ali Nasir
When Chitralis invaded Central Asia
Fateh-ul-Mulk Ali Nasir on the campaign in which Shah Katoor II marched into Wakhan
Rumboor: Citadel of the Kalasha
Fateh-ul-Mulk Ali Nasir takes us to the Kalasha valley that is hardest to reach
Mr. Jinnah’s Bid for the Andaman Islands
Fateh-ul-Mulk Ali Nasir on a lesser known territorial dispute from the Partition era
Echoes of Gandhara
Fateh-ul-Mulk Ali Nasir offers the definitive tourist’s guide to the Dharmarajika and Jandial sites
Where Chitral meets Kunar
travels to Arandu on the border with Afghanistan
A Day with The Kalasha
goes to visit those who keep the old ways
Return of the Rhinos
Fateh-ul-Mulk Ali Nasir considers the possibility of reintroducing the rhinoceros to Pakistan
How some Rajput rulers almost acceded to Pakistan
Fateh-ul-Mulk Ali Nasir on the last-minute negotiations by two new countries with proud princes
Chandragupta’s Elephants in Hellenistic Wars
Fateh-ul-Mulk Ali Nasir on the mammoth role played by highly prized Indian beasts of war in faraway struggles
The Kalam Dispute of 1937
Fateh-ul-Mulk Ali Nasir on the resolution of a dispute that could have brought three princely states to blows
Of Moghol Baz the Monster Hunter
Fateh-ul-Mulk Ali Nasir spent a lockdown evening with tales from long ago
Encounters with Crocodilians
Fateh-ul-Mulk Ali Nasir on his experiences with intimidating amphibians
News and views which are not fit to print.
Adnan Siddique Justifies Meeting With Nawaz Sharif, Says Not Joining PML-N
Responding to social media criticism of his meeting...
PTA Takes Down Fake Twitter Accounts Impersonating Army Officers
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has blocked two...