?Quick! Jump and save your life,? were the last words the students of the Wah Engineering College heard that fatal day on June 19. On their way to join an excursion team…
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Sindhi poet Madhosh passes away
DADU, June 26: Popular poet Ahmed Khan Madhosh died in a Karachi hospital on Saturday after a prolonged fight with cancer. He was 79. He leaves behind two sons and four daughters…
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…
The historical buildings of Ganish Hunza
GANISH, a beautiful village in Hunza valley in Gilgit-Baltistan, is famous for its rich history, splendid wooden mosques, impressive village guest house, imposing towers that mark the landscape. It is situated on…
Karachi City Station Building – Keeping track of history
APART from a halted train, there are two dogs on the platform: one emaciated and black as night, the other tawny and reasonably well-fed. They freely roam around the City Station premises,…
The Neem Tree becomes Sindh’s official Tree
KARACHI: A long struggle by environmentalists and nature conservationists paid dividends on Tuesday when the Sindh government declared Neem (Azadirachta indica), a tree with medicinal properties, as the official tree of the…
Historical Sites in Lasbela Balochistan
Like other districts of Balochistan, Lasbela is host to a number of historical and archaeological sites among which, the necropolis of the Jams of Lasbela is quite prominent. Located some eight kilometers…
Mangroves of Karachi
Geographically, Pakistan has a varied landscape which includes glaciers, mountains, plateaus, plains, deserts and coastlines. The mighty Indus, which flows from the Himalayan glaciers, after irrigating plains of Punjab and Sindh, merges…
Victoria Cross and the missing tombstones in Lahore
Following article appeared in Daily Dawn of 11th April 2010 article is written by By Majid Sheikh courtesy Daily Dawn MANY years ago, I was sitting at a leather book binding shop…
The Hindu Bahi Building in Sarafa Bazaar Karachi
This article was written by Peerzada Salman for daily Dawn Karachi If you have weak navigation skills, make sure you?re with someone who has an elephant?s memory. Reason: once you enter a…
The lost seers around Nila Gumbad
LAST week it took me four trips to explore the area around the famous Nila Gumbad mausoleum to arrive at a picture of a few famous seers that Lahore has, that Lahore…
Law never bites when living in medieval ages Bloody dogfights continue unabated
TAXILA, April 3: Despite being banned under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1890, dogfighting continues unabated in Taxila and adjoining areas. In the rural areas, there is a long list…