ORDINARILY in winter, we would wear thick woolen clothing, turn on the heat in our homes and take hot soup or tea to stay warm. But for the 2,000 or so inhabitants…
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Islamabad?s unfeeling agenda local languages and cultures on the verge of extinction
Due to Islamabad?s unfeeling agenda, local languages and cultures of Gilgit-Baltistan are on the verge of extinction. As was seen with the War of Liberation, resulting in the birth of Bangladesh, a…
Old buildings of Bohri Bazaar in Karachi
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…
Journy from Suger cane to Gur
Gur or Gurr (in English Jaggery) is the boiled thikened balls produced from sugercane juice. Gurr is a replacement of Suger in many parts of Pakistan. It is estimated that 50% of…
Why Israel all of a sudden started to value Egypt peace
Israel has always criticized Egypt-Israel peace agreement of 1979 which basically legitimized the Israili state itself. The Israilis have called it the ?cold peace? and has been describing Egypt hostile and dangerous…
Promoting Tourism in Pakistan
When I was invited by some friends to go on vacation with them to Sri Lanka, my first thoughts were that of hesitation. Like others, I had not really heard great things…
Starvation threatens stranded people of Gais Valley
Fazal Khan was shocked by the scene of devastation his village presented in the wake of the flash floods and lightning which struck the Gais valley on August 11 last killing 48…
Rough and trough Kamla Nehru Road Karachi
DID you know that there?s a Kamla Nehru Road in Karachi? Who?s Kamla Nehru? Well, the wife of Jawaharal Nehru and mother of Indira Gandhi, both former prime ministers of India. If…
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…
Greed eats into mighty Margallas
ISLAMABAD, Aug 15: Explosions announced the sunset around Wah on Sunday evening. The booms sent birds fluttering and visitors along a roadside restaurant on G.T. Road wondered what had happened. ?Every dawn…
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….