KARAK: Prof Wazir Shadan Khattak said on Thursday that Pashto literature was incomplete without Khushal Khan Khattak, regretting that he had been introduced as a warrior though he was a philosopher, poet and mufti.

He was addressing a seminar as a chief guest in Khushal Khan Khattak University, Karak, on ‘the life and works of Khushal Khan Khattak’. He said that Pashto literary history had two phases; the first phase started from the era of Ameer Kror and the second phase from Bayazeed Ansari and Akhund Darweeza Baba.

Prof Shadan said that Khushal Baba was the author of many books and any comments on the Pashto literature would be incomplete without narrating the services of Khushal Khan Khattak for Pashto literature.

Seminar held on life and works of the great poet

He said that Khushal Baba always stressed on the recognition of self and stressed on the students to recognise themselves to get achievements in their lives. He said that people should learn all languages, but should not forget their mother language.

He said that the Karak university had been established in the name of Khushal Khan KhattaK therefore there should be a Khushal Chair in the university to reflect respect for him. In-charge of students affairs, Fasiur Rehman, claimed that very soon Khushal Chair would be establish in the university.

DEATH AWARDED: A killer of a school teacher Ismail of Kanda Bajikhel was awarded death sentence by the court of additional sessions judge, Karak.

Judge Qiaser Raheem awarded death sentence to the accused for killing a primary schoolteacher identified as Samar Badshah in 2012.

Mohammad Farooq, son of Mr Badshah, had lodged an FIR against Ismail.

Meanwhile, Karak police registered FIRs against eight people for allegedly getting a proclaimed offender released from the custody of police by force. Four of the accused have been arrested.

According to a statement, a police party of Sabirabad police station raided a hideout and arrested a proclaimed offender identified as Umer Nawaz, but the local people helped him flee from the police custody.

The police have registered FIRs against Shoaib, Saqib, Hameedullah, Shah Zaman, Nazeer, Mir Abbas, Yousaf Khan and Hussain.

Published in Dawn, May 27th, 2016