PESHAWAR: A record number of tourists from Germany, France, Japan and around the world continued to throng the Kalash valley to enjoy the three-day Chilimjusht or Joshi festival celebrations which ...

The Kalash tribe of the Hindukush Range is considered among the most ancient in the world. Comprising of 4,000 people, it is, however, on the crossroads of change as the number of people practicing ...

PAKISTAN’S smallest ethno-religious community, the Kalash, is on the verge of extinction. What many centuries could not achieve, contemporary factors have nearly managed to accomplish. The National ...

The community of 3,000 is polytheistic, speaks an Indo-European language, and traces its origins to Alexander the Great’s army. With fair skin and light eyes, its members face an uphill battle to pass ...

Nestled in Pakistan's Hindu Kush mountains, the remote Kalash valley is a popular tourist destination. But a recent attack by Taliban militants has left people living there afraid for their future.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has listed a tradition of the minority Kalash community in Pakistan on the list of intangible cultural heritage in need of ...

Peace returned to Bumburet Valley of northern Pakistan on Saturday after a girl from the minority Kalash community, who was at the centre of a row over forced conversions, said she had embraced Islam ...

In a remote valley in Pakistan dozens of Kalash minority women dance to celebrate spring’s arrival – but as a gaggle of men scramble to catch them on camera, the community warns an influx of domestic ...

CHITRAL, Jan 23: With social changes taking place in Kalash, the people of the area have started deviating from their old way of naming newly-born babies. Now they name their babies after prominent ...