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PESHAWAR:  We may have been cheering about the  performance  of Rahat Fateh Ali Khan at the Nobel Prize Ceremony but now the Pashto music legend Sardar Ali Takkar has also given us a reason to own the ceremony. Takkar, who hails from the same province as Malala Yousafzai will be performing  Ta Bibi Sheerina Ye  on the first day of the ceremony, a song which he made as a tribute to Malala’s bravery after she was attacked by the Taliban. On the second day, Takkar will perform the famous poem by Ghani Khan,  A zama watan , in which Ghani Khan expressed his love for the country. “This is the moment of pride and honour that a Pakistani and a Pashtun singer will perform at the Nobel Prize award ceremony,” Takkar told  The Express Tribune . “I will be performing Pashto songs for all the Pakistani girls, the language does not matter because the message is to get well educated and be a part of a larger movement towards peace,” said Takkar. Takka...