Hawzah News Agency (Peshawar, Pakistan)- A ceremony will be arranged by the Hazara chapter of the board at the Abbottabad Press Club. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Higher Education, Mushtaq Ahmad Ghani will be the chief guest, the News reported. 

The translation has been rendered by a noted writer Abdul Ghafoor Malik (late) of Hazara division. He had also translated into Hindko the sayings of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) under the title of “Nitrian Hadeesan."

The versified Hindko translation spans 1234 pages. On the right side is the Arabic text of the Holy Quran while the Hindko translation appears on the left side. There is a glossary of 142 frequently used Hindko words, which have been translated into Urdu and placed in the beginning for the convenience of the readers. 

The publications cover various genres of the Hindko literature - poetry, prose, travelogues, versified translations and research-based papers. The board and the academy jointly bring out a regular Hindko language journal - “Sargi Da Tara”- that has writings by the literati from the Hazara division.

Hindko is a cover term for a diverse group of Lahnda (Western Punjabi) dialects spoken by people of various ethnic backgrounds in several discontinuous areas in northwestern Pakistan, primarily in the provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab. 

The Gandhara Hindko Board is a leading organization that has been active in the preservation and promotion of the Hindko and culture since 1993.