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    Peaches and plums: From Swat, with love



    MINGORA: As tourists flock to the beautiful Swat Valley, varieties of ripe peaches, plums and apricots add to their tastes and pleasures.

    Known for its high quality and juicy content, the fruits from Swat are very popular not just in the valley but across the country.

    Tourism and agriculture being the two major sources of income in Swat, the valley supplies around 113,000 tons of fruit with an economic return of Rs1,430 million to the national market every year. The data was shared by the Agriculture Extension Department.

    The fruit industry provides a sizeable business to the orchard owners, while a large number of workers draw income from this trade.
    Syed Alam, a fruit picker, told The Express Tribune that orchards are the source of their livelihood.

    “We are a total of 40 friends and relatives doing business with a single dealer regularly. We earn Rs350 per day,” he said, adding that once the orchard season is over, they do other work.

    The harvest season which lasts from May to November is a busy time for the fruit dealers.
    “More than a hundred workers have been working with me for around 18 years. Though, sometimes we lose a lot of money however the business is good and we are happy,” Mohammad Alam Khan, a fruit dealer told The Express Tribune.

    According to agriculture experts, Swat is a hub of horticulture crops in the whole region where more than 35,000 acre land is under fruit cultivation, which totals to 30% of fruits supplied to the national market.

    “The nursery production of Swat valley ranks third in the country while in peach production, Swat is on the top as every third peach available in the market is from Swat.

    Similarly, every fourth apple provided to the national market is by Swat,” Fazal Maula, an agriculture researcher, told The Express Tribune.
    In the recent years, Swat witnessed growth in the fruit market as large areas were converted to orchards.

    However, agriculture researchers said that more than 200,000 acres land still lies barren.

    If this land was brought under cultivation, it will not only increase the amount supplied to the national fruit market but will also contribute to the local economy.

    Peaches and plums: From Swat, with love – The Express Tribune
    Tags: love, peaches, plums, swat
  • #2
    The Former Hindus of Swat were very good fruit pickers my ancestors once said.
    [QUOTE=Afghanistan2010;658085][B]He is no different [COLOR="Red"]than us[/COLOR][/B],[B]he[COLOR="Red"] blindly believes [/COLOR]in the words [COLOR="Red"]of other men[/COLOR][/B],:[/QUOTE]

    2010 Admitting he's a blind believer not in God, but what other men says.

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    • #3
      The Muslims at the time of the prophet Muhammad pbuh were pagans (just like hindus in Swat) but became some of the greatest people to walk the earth. Theres nothing to be ashamed of having non-muslim ancestors, so go find something else that would offend us, this one doesn't work.
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      *You cannot climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets*

      Originally posted by Karachi
      like I said, there was only one reason I pretended to be pathan, for a girl, who was from Afghan forums and also registered here

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      • #4
        That's what a former Hindu would say to feel less insecure about their Hindu past.

        Us Ghilzais were Muslims when you were still Hindus; it was thanks to us that you're Muslim today. Say thank you.
        [QUOTE=Afghanistan2010;658085][B]He is no different [COLOR="Red"]than us[/COLOR][/B],[B]he[COLOR="Red"] blindly believes [/COLOR]in the words [COLOR="Red"]of other men[/COLOR][/B],:[/QUOTE]

        2010 Admitting he's a blind believer not in God, but what other men says.

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        • #5
          Through all your research you still don't understand the demeanour of a Pashtun man, be careful my Bengali brother, there are some Pashtun nutters around that would grab you from your balls and rip them off just for posing as a Pashtun, impersonators in our culture are hated just as much as thieves are. Turks and Chechens are the same aswel - I guess your in a no win situation.

          Thank you? I thank Allah that I am Muslim. Fool
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          *You cannot climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets*

          Originally posted by Karachi
          like I said, there was only one reason I pretended to be pathan, for a girl, who was from Afghan forums and also registered here

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          • #6
            If we went by your notions of what a demeanor of Pashtun man is supposed to be like then everyone would be molesting boys and getting caught in orgy sandwiches like your respected Mullah Samiul Haq

            You're impersonating a Muslim; I would say that's much more egregious than the silly coping mechanism you invented. Being that your ancestors were Hindus, you're closer to Bengali than I would be. I'll be damned that some Yusufzai who is from an inferior tribe that my ancestors conquered tells me what I am. NO GHULAM, I as a HOTAK tell you who you are. Understand? know your place gandu
            Last edited by RevolutionThroughReason; 06-14-2013, 12:33 PM.
            [QUOTE=Afghanistan2010;658085][B]He is no different [COLOR="Red"]than us[/COLOR][/B],[B]he[COLOR="Red"] blindly believes [/COLOR]in the words [COLOR="Red"]of other men[/COLOR][/B],:[/QUOTE]

            2010 Admitting he's a blind believer not in God, but what other men says.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by RevolutionThroughReason View Post
              If we went by your notions of what a demeanor of Pashtun man is supposed to be like then everyone would be molesting boys and getting caught in orgy sandwiches like your respected Mullah Samiul Haq

              You're impersonating a Muslim; I would say that's much more egregious than the silly coping mechanism you invented. Being that your ancestors were Hindus, you're closer to Bengali than I would be. I'll be damned that some Yusufzai who is from an inferior tribe that my ancestors conquered tells me what I am. NO GHULAM, I as a HOTAK tell you who you are. Understand? know your place gandu

              One second you state you hate Pashtuns, the next you are a Pashtun and prideful of being a Hotak.. later your an Arab, then your a Turk and next your evolving into a Chechen...I thought Soldat was bad but your even more ridiculous, whatever the case its plain to see your both suffering from the same acute identity crisis - though my heart goes out to you, you should still be in a mental institution.
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              *You cannot climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets*

              Originally posted by Karachi
              like I said, there was only one reason I pretended to be pathan, for a girl, who was from Afghan forums and also registered here

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              • #8
                so now we will talk about hey you were a hindu a thousand years back so I am going to hate you?

                My ancestors accepted Islam before your ancestors so I am somehow superior than you?

                - thay woh abaa tumharay he magar tum kya ho -Iqbal.
                They were your ancestors who ruled the world but what are you?
                yao warokay ghwandi baagh ao pa khwa ye seen rawan!

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Manzareh View Post
                  One second you state you hate Pashtuns, the next you are a Pashtun and prideful of being a Hotak.. later your an Arab, then your a Turk and next your evolving into a Chechen...I thought Soldat was bad but your even more ridiculous, whatever the case its plain to see your both suffering from the same acute identity crisis - though my heart goes out to you, you should still be in a mental institution.


                  If you've been paying attention, Hotaks are ORIGINALLY Not-Pashtuns, we came with Turkish conquerors who settled in what is now known as Afghanistan. Our roots are something else.

                  I'm just interested in leaving behind the Pashtun Sinking Ship, I will be lifted afloat with beautiful, Turk , Albanian and Chechen women.

                  While you sink with this.

                  Pashtun gay bacha bazi party in Kandahar - YouTube

                  Still want to lecture me on demeanor?
                  [QUOTE=Afghanistan2010;658085][B]He is no different [COLOR="Red"]than us[/COLOR][/B],[B]he[COLOR="Red"] blindly believes [/COLOR]in the words [COLOR="Red"]of other men[/COLOR][/B],:[/QUOTE]

                  2010 Admitting he's a blind believer not in God, but what other men says.

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                  • #10
                    ^Wait, so calling your self a Turk just to pick up Turkish women?

                    Should have known.
                    "Revenge is a dish best served cold".

                    -Old Pashtun proverb




                    "My Pashtun Pride i will not hide!"

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                    • #11
                      No NOT JUST for that reason, that's just one of the FRINGE benefits.

                      Come on I could say I'm from Papua New Guinea and pick up Turkish women, get real lol
                      [QUOTE=Afghanistan2010;658085][B]He is no different [COLOR="Red"]than us[/COLOR][/B],[B]he[COLOR="Red"] blindly believes [/COLOR]in the words [COLOR="Red"]of other men[/COLOR][/B],:[/QUOTE]

                      2010 Admitting he's a blind believer not in God, but what other men says.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by RevolutionThroughReason View Post
                        No NOT JUST for that reason, that's just one of the FRINGE benefits.

                        Come on I could say I'm from Papua New Guinea and pick up Turkish women, get real lol
                        You played the troll card well RTR.
                        "Revenge is a dish best served cold".

                        -Old Pashtun proverb




                        "My Pashtun Pride i will not hide!"

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