Panel named to convert Governor House into varsity
Committee will present feasibility report, says provincial law minister
PESHAWAR:
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Law Minister Fazal Shakoor informed the house that a committee has been constituted to convert Governor House Peshawar into library, museum or a university.
He was responding to the question of Awami National Party lawmaker Khushdil Khan during a session of K-P Assembly on Friday.
The provincial law minister said that a committee comprising Umar Afridi, Naeem Safi and Dr Faisal Khan had been constituted to look into the matter, while the panel would present a feasibility report on the matter keeping in view the directives of Prime Minister Imran Khan.
PESHAWAR: The story of Saif-ul-Malookâthe winding saga of a brave prince who falls in love with a fairyâis just one of the 50 tall tales passed down to Naseem by his father
Usually people tell me Iâm crazy when I tell these stories,â said Naseem, whose long white beard and traditional cloak give him the timeless appearance of a storyteller of old.
The 65-year-old shopkeeper says it would take days to recite all the stories he learned by heart that are imbued with âthe history, the cultureâ of the land. But few are still listening
Residents visit the oldest Qissa Khawani or “storyteller’s bazaar” in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar on October 28. AFP PHOTO
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