Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro on the ornate and unique graves that tell a story of timber, power and upheaval   by Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro   here are many carved wooden grave railings in Tangir and Darel in Diamer district of Gilgit-Baltistan. Such monuments are also located in many areas of Indus-Kohistan, Dir-Kohistan and Swat-Kohistan in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa where I am doing research for …

Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro on a transformation in material culture and society that has taken just a few decades by Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro Darel valley is noted in Gilgit-Baltistan for its power structure and culture where tribal leaders hold sway over individual villages. The neighbouring Tangir valley has also the same tribal system. But in past few years both valleys have …