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Afghan Girl is a 1984 photographic portrait of Sharbat Gula, an Afghan refugee in Pakistan during the Soviet–Afghan War.The photograph, taken by American photojournalist Steve McCurry near the Pakistani city of Peshawar, appeared on the June 1985 cover of National Geographic.
Sharbat Gula ( Pashto: شربت ګله; born c. 1972) is an Afghan woman who became internationally recognized as the 12-year-old subject in Afghan Girl, a 1984 portrait taken by American photojournalist Steve McCurry that was later published as the cover photograph for the June 1985 issue of National Geographic. The portrait was shot at Nasir ...
The College came into existence as a constituent College of the University of Peshawar on 24 July 1964. [2] It was first called the University Degree College for Women. [3] The founder was Safia Hassan, who was also the first principal. [2] The initial intake was 27 students. [2] By 1980, when Safia Hassan retired, there were 1,700 students. [2]
2014 Peshawar school massacre. Coordinates: 34°00′49″N 71°32′10″E. 2014 Peshawar School Massacre. سانحہ آرمی پبلک اسکول. Army Public School Auditorium, Peshawar, Pakistan. Location of the attack: Army Public School is located in the centre. Location. Peshawar, Warsak Road, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Peshawar ( / pəˈʃɑːwər /; [ 8] Pashto: پېښور [peˈχəwər] ⓘ; Hindko: پشور; [pɪˈʃɔːɾ] ⓘ; Urdu: پشاور [pɪˈʃɑːʋər] ⓘ) is the sixth most populous city of Pakistan, with a district population of over 4.7 million in the 2023 census. [ 9] It is the capital of the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where it is the ...
Prostitution in Pakistan is a taboo culture of sex-trade that exists as an open secret but illegal. Prostitution is largely based in organisational setups like brothels or furthered by individual call girls. [ 1][ 2] The sex trade is illegal in the country due to the declaration of extramarital sex as an immoral activity.
— Malala Yousafzai, 24 January 2009 BBC blog entry In February 2009, girls' schools were still closed. In solidarity, private schools for boys had decided not to open until 9 February, and notices appeared saying so. On 7 February, Yousafzai and her brother returned to their hometown of Mingora, where the streets were deserted, and there was an "eerie silence". She wrote in her blog: "We ...
Gul Panra. Mehnaz, [ 4] known professionally as Gul Panra (sometimes spelled Gulpanra; Pashto: ګل پاڼه; Urdu: گل پانڑہ; born 6 September 1989), is a Pakistani folk singer and touring artist, mainly associated with Pashto language music industry. [ 5][ 6] Her live concerts are famous in Pakistan and she has also performed in the ...