Himalayan News Service

Lalitpur, May 29:

The executive committee chairman of National Foundation for the Development of Indigenous Nationalities (NFDIN), Prof Santa Bahadur Gurung, released the first ever CD of Pahari songs Khyali at a function here today.

During the programme organised by the Nepal Pahari Development Association its former vice-president, Gauri Shankar Pahari, said there are over 100,000 Paharis living in the 42 districts while the government states them to be 11,505 only.