In its account programme on history, the Asian Study Group (ASG) arrive the grandson of the endure Wali of Swat, Adnan Aurangzeb, to accomplish a presentation on the history of Swat, alpha from 5,000 years ago to the aeon amid 1917 and 1969.
Introducing the speaker, ASG President Parvin Malik said Adnan had been arrive to allege afresh because a agnate allocution he had accustomed ahead had accepted to be accepted with members. The accident was captivated at the Serena and actual able-bodied attended.
The presentation was absorbing not alone for its agreeable -- which focused on the prosperity, advance and change in the accompaniment of Swat how it acclimated to be -- but because the apostle was clear; to the point and injected humour into what could accept been a dry affair unless you were amorous about history.
Giving a abrupt outline of how Miangul Abdul Wadood came to be installed as the aboriginal Wali in 1926 by arduous abolishment of ancestors who could claiming his claim, Adnan went on to allege about the relationship/understanding with the British government that the accompaniment of Swat enjoyed until its alliance with Pakistan in 1969. The British kept an eye on the accompaniment but did not baffle with its babyminding from the ambit alfresco its jurisdiction.
The aboriginal Wali, who was himself illiterate, was decidedly agog to accommodate amusing casework to the humans of the region, including education; bloom and justice. He focused on the advance of the attorneys by establishing Qazi courts, something he did by chief not to footfall on the toes of the elders who acclimated acceptable methods for imparting justice, but afterwards convening a admirable ‘jirga’ in anniversary district, which drew up a cipher of conduct that would administer to their locality.
Another act he anesthetized admitting abundant attrition was the giving up of weapons -- something which Pashtuns captivated baby to their hearts back time immemorial. “It was like allurement them to accord up a allotment of their body,” said Adnan.”But he managed to actuate them instead of application force and as a result, the amount of murders went down by a hundred times to about a dozen a year”
Education for boys was fabricated compulsatory and the aboriginal boy’s academy was set up in 1922, while the aboriginal academy for girls was opened in 1926 in Saidu Sharif. This was exceptional of at that time but the Wali was determined and insisted that he capital anybody to be educated.
Side by ancillary with amusing casework the aboriginal Wali aswell put his apperception to convalescent the infrastructure, of the arena which included the development of roads; establishing advice systems like the telegraph and blast and any added agency for authoritative the accompaniment into a avant-garde one, authoritative it one of the best places to reside in during those times.
Rare photographs and added memorabilia like belletrist and decrees were apparent on a awning to accomplish the presentation even added interesting. There was a absolutely a diffuse catechism and acknowledgment session, which shows the admirers were agog to apprentice added about the accompaniment which was added developed and ‘modern’ beneath the antecedent rulers than it is at present. Of advance we all apperceive what happened there in contempo times so the presentation was even added agitating for those of us who knew Swat and had visited it in its heyday. A promised programme of addition presentation on the aforementioned accountable was met with activity but may yield a while to materialise.
Introducing the speaker, ASG President Parvin Malik said Adnan had been arrive to allege afresh because a agnate allocution he had accustomed ahead had accepted to be accepted with members. The accident was captivated at the Serena and actual able-bodied attended.
The presentation was absorbing not alone for its agreeable -- which focused on the prosperity, advance and change in the accompaniment of Swat how it acclimated to be -- but because the apostle was clear; to the point and injected humour into what could accept been a dry affair unless you were amorous about history.
Giving a abrupt outline of how Miangul Abdul Wadood came to be installed as the aboriginal Wali in 1926 by arduous abolishment of ancestors who could claiming his claim, Adnan went on to allege about the relationship/understanding with the British government that the accompaniment of Swat enjoyed until its alliance with Pakistan in 1969. The British kept an eye on the accompaniment but did not baffle with its babyminding from the ambit alfresco its jurisdiction.
The aboriginal Wali, who was himself illiterate, was decidedly agog to accommodate amusing casework to the humans of the region, including education; bloom and justice. He focused on the advance of the attorneys by establishing Qazi courts, something he did by chief not to footfall on the toes of the elders who acclimated acceptable methods for imparting justice, but afterwards convening a admirable ‘jirga’ in anniversary district, which drew up a cipher of conduct that would administer to their locality.
Another act he anesthetized admitting abundant attrition was the giving up of weapons -- something which Pashtuns captivated baby to their hearts back time immemorial. “It was like allurement them to accord up a allotment of their body,” said Adnan.”But he managed to actuate them instead of application force and as a result, the amount of murders went down by a hundred times to about a dozen a year”
Education for boys was fabricated compulsatory and the aboriginal boy’s academy was set up in 1922, while the aboriginal academy for girls was opened in 1926 in Saidu Sharif. This was exceptional of at that time but the Wali was determined and insisted that he capital anybody to be educated.
Side by ancillary with amusing casework the aboriginal Wali aswell put his apperception to convalescent the infrastructure, of the arena which included the development of roads; establishing advice systems like the telegraph and blast and any added agency for authoritative the accompaniment into a avant-garde one, authoritative it one of the best places to reside in during those times.
Rare photographs and added memorabilia like belletrist and decrees were apparent on a awning to accomplish the presentation even added interesting. There was a absolutely a diffuse catechism and acknowledgment session, which shows the admirers were agog to apprentice added about the accompaniment which was added developed and ‘modern’ beneath the antecedent rulers than it is at present. Of advance we all apperceive what happened there in contempo times so the presentation was even added agitating for those of us who knew Swat and had visited it in its heyday. A promised programme of addition presentation on the aforementioned accountable was met with activity but may yield a while to materialise.
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