Two books published by the Gandhara Hindko Academy have won literary awards from the Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) for the year 2018.

The awarded publications are a Hindko language poetry book, “Peepal Watrey” and novel titled “Shaam-e-Alam”.

The first book Peepal Watrey is of poetry by a noted Hindko, Urdu poet and lyricist from Peshawar city, Syed Saeed Gillani.

The second one Shaam-e-Alam is by Nazeer Bhatti, a senior writer who has to his credit several books, television plays and film stories.