Parachinar- Paradise on earth

* Welcome!
Parachinar is a beautiful & colorful page in the book of 'Nature'. To admire the endless blessings of God & to appreciate the beauty of Parachinar, we warmly welcome you to the page 'Parachinar-Paradise on Earth'

* Aim of creating a Page on Facebook:
“Parachinar Paradise on Earth” is a voluntary, non-commercial/non-profit initiative to explore & promote the natural beauty of Parachinar.

Major aim of creating this page on Facebook is to preserve the visual history of the people, traditions, social, cultural & religious gatherings, development, heritage & promotion of tourism sector of Parachinar through pictures found in different collections/archives and histrorical albums with textual/video/audio narratives.

*PARACHINAR:
Parachinar is the capital of Kurram Agency, FATA of Pakistan. It is about 290 kms west of the Islamabad & situated on a neck of Pakistani territory south of Peshawar,that juts into Paktia & Nangarhar & the closest point to Kabul in Afghanistan.

Tucked away between soaring snowy-peaks and deep gorges in the fragile north-western region of Pakistan is the tiny town of PARACHINAR.

Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, one of the more charismatic leaders in the history of this troubled nation Pakistan, is said to have called it Pakistan’s own “Switzerland”.

Humbled by towering snow-tipped mountains and covered by endless fruit orchards, Parachinar’s natural charm is breathtaking.

*History:
The name Parachinar comes from a big Chinar tree (Maple tree) at a place now encompassed by the headquarter offices of Kurram Agency.

Also at the Kurram Agency, there is a tribe known as the Para Chamkani, which used to convene their meetings under this Chinar tree to resolve their social matters. So that's how this city named as Parachinar.

The old name of Parachinar is Tutki, when Kurram was a part of Afghanistan. The inhabitants of Tutki are called Tutkiwal, the Afghan people call it Tutki.

Parachinar originated as a summer residence for nomadic trib