The swat valley brief history and current affairs

Final presentation Pakistan and Islamic Studies

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MAM,

QURAT UL AIN JALLEL

wasif Nawaz Janjua BBA143025 Ilyas Ayub Khan BBA143002

THE SWAT VALLEY

Introduction History Famous places Famous food Best places for tourism Rivers in valley Weather variant Literacy rate Tragedies vs peace Final ending

Contents The paradise in pakistan

Introduction

Swat is a valley and an administrative district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan. It is the upper valley of the Swat River, which rises in the Hindu Kush range.

The capital of Swat is Saidu Sharif, but the main town in the Swat valley is Mingora. The valley is almost entirely populated by ethnic Gujjar, Kohistani and Pashtuns. The languages spoken in the valley are Gojri, Kohistani and Pashto.

With high mountains, green meadows, and clear lakes, it is a place of great natural beauty and is popular with tourists. Queen Elizabeth II during her visit to the State of Swat called it "the Switzerland of the east."

 Total AREA 5,337 km2  Population Total 2,161,000  Swat is a place for leisure Lover , Hikers , and

archeologist. There are many comfortable hotels where one can stay a while to relax. In Kalam upper Swat there are some very pleasant walks since weather is pretty pleasant one can easily walk over the hills for hours and enjoy the unspoiled nature.

History of Swat:

Valley Swat, has a long and very rich history. In fact, Swat Valley History begins over 2000

years ago when the very first residents settled there.

Back then, the town known today as Valley Swat was called Udyana and later Suvastu.

Many Buddhists settling there as well in the second century BC. Unfortunately the peace ended in the 11th century AD, turning a new page in Swat Valley History. During this time, the area was invaded by Mahmud of Ghazni and was eventually taken over by the Dilazak and later, the Yusufzais.

In the 19th century, however, Akhund Sahib came to control the land, and all of the rules changed.

The valley began to be ruled under peaceful Muslim laws.

The conflicts finally stopped , and the agriculture, trade, and business areas began to thrive as a result. Unfortunately, when Sahib died, fighting started again. Today, however, the area is considered peaceful and even well established, despite these many setbacks and upheavals.

Cities and Famous places

MINGORA BUTKARA MALAM JABA KALAM BAHRAIN

MINGORA:

Mingora is the district headquarter and commercial centre of Swat. the Swat Museum, located between Mingora and Saidu, has a rich collection of Gandhara art which is worth viewing.Mingora is one of the most important town of the Swat Valley . It is situated 2km from Saidu Sharif. On the other side of River Swat near Mingora Airport a site of Gandhara Grave Culture was discovered by Italians at Aligrama

Butkara (Butkada) Stupa:

One of the most important Buddhist shrines in Swat, is near the museum. Take the dirt track on the left (north) side of the museum for one kilometer (about half a mile). The stupa is 400 meters (above a quarter of mile) across the fields to the left (north). . Italian excavators working in 1955 exposed the successive layers of the stupa

Malam jaba(ski resort)

Visit these magnificent points above 7000 ft. Have a stroll in the villages and enjoy the green scenery.It is outstanding place for skiing and other activity. There is a chairlift also.

PTDC motel in malam jaba

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Kalam:

Kalam, 29 kilometres (18 miles) from Bahrain and about 2,000 meters (6,800 feet) above sea level, the valley opens out, providing rooms for a small but fertile plateau above the river. In Kalam the Ushu and Utrot rivers join to form the Swat river. Here, the metalled road ends and shingle road leads to the Ushu and Utrot valleys

Bahrain:

Bahrain is ten kilometres north of Madyan and only slightly higher, at about 1,400 meters (4,500 feet). It is another popular riverside tourist resort,where the two river of swat meet together on a large mass of rock called BAHRIAN also with bazaars worth exploring for their handicrafts. Some of the houses have carved wooden doors, pillars and balconies.

Lakes of Swat Valley:

Mohodand Lake:Mohodand Lake is on a jeep trek from Kalam passing through Ushu Jungle and Mutiltan Valley. It is a very worth seen place. You can see many water falls on the way to Mohodand Lake.

Kundalo Lake:

It is in Utrot valley.One day trek from Kalam will take you to Kundalo Lake. It is still untouch lake.It is full of trout and one can do fishing in it.

FOOD

Swat Valley is an ideal place for trekking and fishing. One can take a walk from Kalam to Ushu. The trek takes leads to some beautiful spots between Kalam and Ushu. Visitors who want a taste of northern Pakistan's historical variety should head for this lush valley.

Dry fruits Special type peach apple and orange Honey

Weather Variation

-In Winter at higher ranges like mountains and it’s surroundings are covered with snow at -10 °C minimum to maximum -30°C and at lower ranges there is really less snow or no snow at all with minimum 5°C to maximum 15°C-In summer at higher and lower ranges its mostly rainy season or sunny

Wood and Crafts:

Handi Crafts:The handicrafts of Swat include needlework, embroidery, rug/carpets and wood work. The wooden artwork in fact has no parallel anywhere in the area.

Stone art

emerland

The finest quality of emerald is produced in Swat. Its Color and transparency is unique. It is the best in world. It is exported to the international markets: There is an export potential of 500 million dollars in this sector, provided it is excavated and cut as per international standards. Before the absorption of Swat in Pakistan, the emeralds of Swat were better in quality, and greater in quantity. But since then it is said that the quantity of production is little, and the quality devalued.

Industries:

Litracy rate

The whole SWAT velley have an amazing litracy rate tough it’s a remote area but people have the urge to be educated

Despites many set back this whole district have 67.86 %lit rate W.T.R 2013 domestic survey of the education development organization with is the tremendous figures

Symbol of the prideMALALA YOUSIFZAI

The teenager education campaigner from swat valley stood up for the Getting education especially for The girls of the territoryShot on the school buss in 2012By taliabans gun man

Tragedies in the valley

Earthquakes,Extremism and Floods: The Tragedy of Pakistan's Swat Valley

Brutality of Taliban's

Extremism had badly effect the lives of people from 2007 -13 Taliban's Took over the wholes valley due to which natives leaved their home in order to Saves their lives then army took initiative to clear out the land

Now…

We are at war

a full- blown military operation to "eliminate" the Taliban

The Pakistan government has started

from Swat Valley in Northwest Pakistan.

The army has launched jets, helicopters and artillery to pound Taliban positions in the mountains and valleys around Mingora, Swat's main town.

As the army moved in, civilians moved out. In a single day tens of thousands left Mingora, leaving the leafy riverside city a desert of abandoned homes and mined streets

"Everybody wants to get out of this hell," said one man, driving his children and cattle before him. More than 1,000,000 people have fled the fighting.

It is the largest human displacement in the country’s history.

Help the displaced people of Swat, Dir and Buner.

Peace and corrective action

Pakistan army had succeed in the mission clear all the territoryAfter the long struggle Life of the native starts again living with Peace The valley is a blessing of God that we are blessed with this Awesome natural beauty it’s a Governments responsibility to take Corrective measure to restore tourism from all around the globe Also every individual to take part to rehabilitate, become the Ambassador of the place Because the tourism is the beneficial of the country’s economy give a very soft message to all over the world

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