Rehmat Aziz Chitrali

Who is Rehmat Aziz Chitrali?

Rehmat Aziz Chitrali also widely regarded as Mohsin-e-Lisaniyaat is an Urdu and Khowar poet, from Chitral, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan. He works as journalist, columnist, linguistic TV show host and Khowar language political analyst. R.A.Chitrali was at the forefront of the Khowar Language Movement and was most active between 1990 to 2012. His father’s name is Dur Khan and he belonged to the Khow family of the Khoshey clan. Rehmat Aziz’s mother “Bibi Hoorana Begum” belonged to the Ziley branch of the Riza clan. Dur Khan had two sons and three daughters. Rehmat Aziz Chitrali is number two among his five siblings.

He is the former President of Anjuman-e-Taraqui-e-Khowar, and Khowar Academy. He is working as the Khowar language Television programme, Chitraro Hawaz, at the AVT Khyber Media Group and also writes Khowar News for Khyber News TV and hosts Chetraro Hawaaz on Khyber News. Previously he has worked in PTV’s programme Sunday Brunch with Rashid Sammi. He has written many books on prose and poetry. His poetry work has been appreciated by poets and writers of Pakistan.