Ans: Hindko:
The Hindko language is spoken in the districts of Rawalpindi and Attock in
the Punjab, and in the districts of Abbottabad, Mansehra, Haripur, Peshawar
and Kohat in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. To promote this language, ‘Idara-
Farogh-e-Hindko’, Peshawar, ‘Bazm-e-ilm-o-fun’ Abbottabad and ‘Halqa
Yaaraan’ Shinkiari are playing a major role. To develop this language further,
a monthly magazine ‘Farogh’ is published under the supervision of
Aurangzeb Ghaznavi. To develop the Hindko language, personalities like
Professor Sufi Abdul Rasheed, Colonel Fazal Akbar, Asif Saqib, Sharif
Hussain Shah, Professor Muhammad Fareed, Professor Yahya Khalid, Nazir
Kasalvi and Muhammad Hanif have worked hard. Ph.D. degrees are being
awarded in this language too.