Importance of Chitral

Many thanks to Dr. Inayatullah Faizi for highlighting the geographical importance of Chitral, being a Chitrali it is the responsibility of each and every individual to think about the importance of Chitral which is not know to every one. We have lost many things in the past; people have sold the half portion of Chitral on very cheap price. Writing on news paper is not enough; to create awareness among the general public different campaigns shall be launched to protect the remaining portion of Chitral and the dignity of the people living here.

In past such type of practices were common in Azad Kashmir; when half portion of Kashmir was sold to other people then the government of Azad Kashmir realized that something is going to be wrong with Kashmir; at that time a resolution was passed in the assembly of Azad Kashmir and selling land to non Kashmiri people was strictly prohibited der ayad drust ayad but it was too late. What did the outsiders after this resolution? They got married with the daughters of Kashmiri people and started purchasing land there again, but it is under control now.

To protect the selling of land in Chitral to outsiders I would like to suggest that:

1. There shall be campaigns to create awareness among the people; college students, other youth and notables shall be encouraged to take part in this campaign as a volunteer.

2. Different publications shall be provided to people highlighting the importance of land and Chitrali culture.

3. District assembly Chitral shall pass resolution where to sell land to outsiders shall be strictly prohibited and a committee shall be formed to monitor the land selling and the committee shall regularly monitor the activities of outsiders. If we are serious we can easily control it timely otherwise we shall accept that we are doing nothing for our culture tradition and for our next generation.

Shamsuddin
Islamabad