PESHAWAR, Feb 19: The newly-appointed curator of Peshawar Museum has high hopes that renovation of the British-era building having world?s largest collection of Gandhara civilisation can bring back visitors to this museum. Peshawar was once main attraction for tourist but now they are reluctant to visit the historical city due…
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Broghil still in hibernation
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 up in the remote Boroghil valley in northern Chitral bordering the Wakhan Corridor, where maximum daytime winter temperatures…
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 common religion alone cannot hold different nationalities together. Issues of good governance, economic development, social justice and cultural…
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 London?s Trafalgar Square. Perhaps the comparison is not spot-on; still it makes, clear as day, the significance of…
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 sugercane in Pakistan is grown in Khyber Pakhtunkhwah while Gur is also produced in the rural areas 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 Egypt. They described Egyptian elite as anti-Semitic, Egyptians were never allowed to visit Israel and for Israelis Egypt…
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 about that part of the world. However, I relented and to tell you the truth, my curiosity peaked…
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 people and injuring dozens. He had been trying to reach his village at the earliest to meet his…
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