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Qissa Khwani firing victims remembered Peshawar April 24, 2021 PESHAWAR: The Gandhara Hindko Board, a literary and cultural organization, on Friday paid rich tributes to the scores of people who had lost lives in the firing resorted by the British soldiers in Qissa Khwani in Peshawar on April 23, 1930. A delegation led by senior Hindko language research scholar and general secretary of the board, Muhammad Ziauddin, visited the ‘Yadgar-e-Shaheedaan’ or martyrs memorials erected at the historic bazaar in memory of those who either embraced martyrdom or were injured in the firing. The occupying British soldiers had opened fire on the freedom-loving citizens in Peshawar 91 years ago who were protesting the oppressive Colonial policies. As many as 400 people were killed on the day, though the official account had put the toll at 179. ....
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9th KP Languages & Cultures Conference gets underway National By Bureau report PESHAWAR: Terming languages as a source of identity and an important part of the cultural heritage, the speakers at a conference on Saturday called for efforts to protect and promote them without any discrimination. They were speaking at the 9th Two-day KP Languages and Cultures Conference which got underway at the Cultural Hall. The Gandhara Hindko Board and Gandhara Hindko Academy had jointly hosted the moot. The moot was arranged in connection with the International Mother Language Day which is marked all over the world on February 21. This year’s theme for the day is “Fostering multilingualism for inclusion in education and society.” ....