Impact of War on Terror on Pashto Literature and Art

The crux of this study shows that tribal people continue to have hopes as they believe in peaceful coexistence. The study has rejected the stereotypes about tribal culture and has come up with a result that Pashtuns are the promoter of peace as 90.8 % of the respondents said that the portrayal of Pashtun is peaceful in literature, and 87.6 % of the respondents vision that Pashtun resist violence by means of literature as the portrayal of Taliban is not of a savior in Pashto literature. The role of literary societies in peace building is great in the region as 78.40 % of the respondents said that literary societies promote peace but 82.80 % of the respondents said that the role of government in promoting literature was discouraging. The concerned authorities can make tribal people shun gun by providing the pen to them, encouraging them to write. Promotion of literary activities and patronage of writers should help tribal people sublimate positively.

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