Will the Gulai-Nargis Bloom this Spring in the Swat Valley? Dr. Shaheen Sardar Ali condemns Talibani Islam
By Dr. Shaheen Sardar Ali
We never used the word 'tourist' for these people coming from 'khakata' ['down' country]; everyone used the word 'meylma' [guest'] for these visitors and holiday makers, film production teams, honeymooners and families proudly showing off the 'Switzerland of the East' to their children who would then go back to school in Lahore, Rawalpindi, Karachi, indeed all parts of Pakistan, and narrate tales of the gushing waters of the river Swat, the tall pine clad mountains, the narrow dangerous roads, the clear sapphire blue waters of Mahodand [a lake beyond Kalam], the 'white palace' in Marghozaar where the tall mountains met…
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