Pashto Times

 Humor with Philosophy  Each word will refresh you! (1) Albert Einstein's wife often suggested that he dress more professionally when he headed off to work. "Why should I?" he would invariably argue. "Everyone knows me there."  (2) When the time came for Einstein to attend his first major conference, she begged him to dress up a bit. "Why should I?" said Einstein. "No one knows me there!" (3)Albert Einstein was often asked to explain the general theory of relativity. "Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour," he once declared. "Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. That's relativity!" (4)When Albert Einstein was working in Princeton university, one day he was going back home he forgot his home address. The driver of the cab did not recognize him. Einstein asked the driver if he knows Einstein's home. The driver said "Who does not know Einstein's addres...

  History of the Name ‘DIR. By Fazlul Haq  Fazlur-Rahman      There are a number of opinions and contradictions regarding the name ‘DIR’ among the elders and those who have written about it. Dir has remained the center of various religious orthodoxies and spiritualism and several civilizations have developed and passed through this region. As a result the valley has been known by different names as well as its present name ‘Dir’ has been used in different meanings time to time.    According to the elders Dir has been known in ancient times by various names such as Goraiy, Yaghistan, Biloristan and Masaga. The name Dir was first used in the time of Buddhist Civilization in Panjkora valley (Shahid, 2005). In Arabic Language the word ‘Dir’ means ‘Monastery’ and it was used to describe Buddhist Monasteries constructed on both the banks of River Panjkora.  Another ancient name of Dir was Kafiristan which means the land of Kafir (Non-Muslims). This name ...