Pashto is a language as well as culture

THE FRONTIER POST


The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Culture and Information Mian Iftikhar Hussain has said that the culture department in collaboration with Pashto Adabi Chaman Thall was arranging a 2-day 2nd World Pashto Literary Convention on 6th and 7th April, 2012 in Nishtar Hall Peshawar which would be largely participated by the Pashto scholars and intellectuals from the entire world.
He said this while chairing a meeting regarding the 2nd World Pashto Literary Convention at Peshawar the other day. The meeting besides Secretary Culture, Azmat Hanif Orakzai and Director Culture Pervez Khan Sabat Khel was also attended by the renowned Pashto scholars Dr. Raj Wali Khan Khattak, Prof. Abasin Yousafzai and Prof. Naseer Mangal. Mian Iftikhar has said that Pashto was an ancient language having a history of more than five thousand years. He added that Pashto was not only a language but a civilization as well as ethical philosophy.
He said that as Pakhtuns, we were proud of our language and culture because it was our identity and power.
The Culture Minister continued that presently Pakhtuns were passing through a critical situation, adding that they were in the grip of international terrorism for the last 30 years in which up till now millions of Pakhtuns became its prey. He furthered, despite great sacrifices, the Pakhtuns were still fighting the war of their survival.
The Minister maintained, no doubt during the last three decades, the Pakhtuns had suffered irreparable losses in the war on terror but the Pashto language made a remarkable progress. Due to the importance of this region, Pashto language become need of the world and now various Pashto TV and Radio Channel were on the ground, he furthered. He said that the said literary convention was meant for the promotion of Pashto language and literature and spreading of knowledge side by side inculcation a spirit of go ahead.