FEW Karachiites can claim that when they were young they didn?t tag along with their mothers to Bohri Bazaar. It is as familiar and known a place as Delhi?s Chandni Chowk or…
Category: Archeology & History
Archeological sites problems discovery in Pakistan and much more. Pakistan has history dating back to 7000 BC making it one of the oldest civilizations of the world.
Katrak Hall Karachi a memoir of old Karachi
RAINBOW Centre in Saddar is not more than three decades old. At the peak of the video cassette recorder (VCR) phenomenon (the late 1980s and early ?90s) this market came into prominence…
Buildings of Karachi Saddar Bazaar
SADDAR is like a classic work of art: the more you visit it, the more you discover new things about it. It?s a pageturner that you go through over and over again….
Nature and neglect ruin Taxila?s ancient sites
TAXILA, Sept 18: Official indifference is taking a heavy toll of Buddhist era remains in Taxila. Another Buddhist site known as Dharma Rajika Stupa and Monastery have become the latest victim of…
Floods also ravage cultural heritage – Dawn
History?s worst flood has spared nothing that has come in its way. From Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and GilgitBaltistan all along to Sindh sweeping across southern Punjab the surging force of the waters has…
Simple and symbolic Parsi Temple in Karachi
Written by By Peerzada Salman for DAWN. “If you burn thyself, there will be light every where you go” MAKE no mistake! No single group of people contributed more to the development…
SOS to Unesco as rain endangers ancient Buddhist sites
TAXILA, Aug 28: The recent rains have caused severe damage to scores of priceless stucco sculptures of the Buddhist period (4?5th century AD) at Taxila valley?s Mohra Moradu Stupa and Monastery which…
Flood in Pakistan scientific facts and history
The Floods in the Indus valley are not new to this region the towering civilizations like Indus Civilization of Moen Jo Daro & Harrappa was probably also destroyed by similar floods. The…
Mystery of Islamabad?s ancient cupules
THE antiquity of Islamabad can be seen in the prehistoric and proto-historic rock carvings found in Bagh Jogian, Sain, Phulgran, Bobri, Gumbat and Peja. These consist in cup markings and geometrical patterns….
Mughal era Lalarukh tomb cries for attention
TAXILA, June 26: The Mughal era monument, locally called tomb of princess Lalarukh, situated in the heart of Hassanabdal is fast losing its grandeur with its walls covered in graffiti and the…
KCCI or Karachi Indian Merchants Association Building A fabulous example of Anglo-Mughal Architecture
Muslims in India had a great contribution in literature and art, there are also some architecture wonders made by pre-partition Muslims in India. The very term Anglo Moghul is a school of…
Excavation around Malot Fort banned
RAWALPINDI, April 15: The Lahore High Court here on Thursday banned excavation of coal and other mines within the radius of 600 yards from the roots of a hillock having Malot Fort…