The hydro heritage of Swat
The Swat Valley, nestled in the northern mountains of Pakistan, is not merely a geographical marvel; it is a cradle of cultural, emotional, and natural heritage that flows through its…
Madyan and the people of Swat
In 1992, when Sufi Muhammad made Malakand Division, and Swat in particular, the centre of his movement for the implementation of Shariah, a large majority of the people of Swat…
Marvellous Swat
t is wonderful to write my weekly article while being present in the beautiful valley of Swat, which is also called the Switzerland of Pakistan. Located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP),…
Swat in protest
Like expected, the Taliban have re-emerged in their former stronghold, less than a decade after the military operation to wipe them out of Swat valley. And they’re no different than…
A new district in Swat
The Swat Valley in northern Pakistan is usually referred to as the Switzerland of Asia but a learned friend, who paid a visit to Swat recently, put it thus: “Switzerland…
Splitting Swat
The writer heads an independent organisation dealing with education and development in Swat. It is hard to estimate the population of a country where national census has not been carried…
Swatting away the deficit
Back in January of this year, the State Bank had cautioned that foreign inflows were dwindling even as foreign exchange reserves increased, and pointed to the problems that this scenario…
Education in Swat-Kohistan
For the last four months I have been closely engaged with the communities living in faraway villages over the hills of Swat-Kohistan on a campaign for the improvement in quality,…
Lessons from Swat
With Operation Zarb-i-Azb under way in North Waziristan, Pakistan can draw some important lessons from Operation Rah-i-Rast aimed at clearing Swat of the Mullah Fazlullah-led militants in 2009. True, that…
The Swat lesson
Since the start of the process of negotiations with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, the last military operation against the Taliban in Swat has been a hot topic in the media. One…
