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- noun A
drawing room whereguests are entertained inPashtun areas ofPakistan .
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Examples
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The drone fired two missiles at the 'hujra' or guesthouse of a tribesman's compound in Eisori village near Mirali, a town in North
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In village Badabair near Peshawar, dozens of armed attackers stormed the 'hujra' or guesthouse of a mayor, who has formed a local lashkar to fight against the Taliban.
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There are some very interesting people I have met at Peersaabs hujra no6, but the most amazing experience of my life was shooting the Whirling Dervesh of Ajmer at a event celebrated on the eve of Chatti on the terrace of his house..
Archive 2009-07-01 photographerno1 2009
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A week earlier, tension further increased when the Lashkar seized a hujra and mosque of its opponents in the area and deployed its armed volunteers there.
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Syed survived a recent bombing attack that took place at the local hujra, a traditional Pashtun gathering point, during a political rally a few weeks back.
Pakistan's Phantom Border Giovanni, Janine di 2008
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Two brothers of MPA among 13 injured as bomber blows himself up in Shamsher Khan ` s hujra
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He gestures round the extended family's sparsely furnished hujra, the room for male visitors.
Signs of the Times 2009
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A suicide bomber was shot in the head as he tried to make his way into a gathering (hujra) at Wali Bagh led by Khan.
Bloggers.Pakistan 2008
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Prime Minister knows that so that is why he can safely make those offers and then chuckle secretly in his hujra in Multan.
Bloggers.Pakistan 2008
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the criminal sodomy law a hate filled anti human a heritage of the Brirish Vampire but our new government is not aware hujra no 6
Archive 2009-06-01 photographerno1 2009
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