* Welcome! <br />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' <br /> <br />* Aim of creating a Page on Facebook: <br />“Parachinar Paradise on Earth” is a voluntary, non-commercial/non-profit initiative to explore & promote the natural beauty of Parachinar. <br /> <br />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. <br /> <br />*PARACHINAR: <br />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. <br /> <br />Tucked away between soaring snowy-peaks and deep gorges in the fragile north-western region of Pakistan is the tiny town of PARACHINAR. <br /> <br />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”. <br /> <br />Humbled by towering snow-tipped mountains and covered by endless fruit orchards, Parachinar’s natural charm is breathtaking. <br /> <br />*History: <br />The name Parachinar comes from a big Chinar tree (Maple tree) at a place now encompassed by the headquarter offices of Kurram Agency. <br /> <br />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. <br /> <br />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. <br /> <br />Parachinar originated as a summer residence for nomadic trib