ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Interior has devised a new standard operating procedure (SOP) for all foreigners visiting Pakistan to hunt animals, under which foreign guests and dignitaries are now required to share…
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PTDC to organize a Buddha Heritage exhibition
ISLAMABAD, Mar 5 (APP): Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) is planning to organize a Buddha Heritage exhibition in Thailand. Talking to APP, Managing Director PTDC Chaudhry Abdul Ghafoor said that the exhibition…
About 80 mln domestic tourists annually travel in Pakistan: PTDC
SLAMABAD, Mar 15 :About 80 million domestic tourists annually travel for tourism purposes inside the country. According to an official of Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC), domestic tourism has increased manifold as…
Around 500 artisans, folk artists to attend Lok Mela Islamabad
ISLAMABAD, Mar 16 (APP): Around 500 artisans and folk artists from all parts of the country will attend 10-day Lok Mela to be held on April 7 at Lok Virsa. The festival…
UNWTO Statement on US Travel Ban
The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the United Nations Specialized Agency for Tourism, expresses its deep concern and strong condemnation over the recently announced travel ban by the United States of America (USA)…
Peshawar Khyber pass Landi Kotal safari bus service soon
LANDI KOTAL: The political administration of Khyber Agency has planned to begin the first-ever Khyber Safari Bus Service from Peshawar to Landi Kotal soon. Khyber top administrator Khalid Mehmud told Dawn that…
At least 5 dead as fire breaks out at Gadani shipbreaking yard
At least five people were killed and one other injured when a fire broke out in a ship parked on plot 60 of the Gadani shipbreaking yard in Hub on Monday, police…
PK-661 Chitral to Islamabad crashes at Havelian 47 lives lost
A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight PK-661 carrying over 40 passengers crashed on the way to Islamabad from Chitral on Wednesday at 4:42pm. Five bodies have been recovered from the wreckage. PIA…
261 foreign firms to attend IDEAS 2016 in Karachi
KARACHI: Commodore Tahir Javed has said that 90 delegations of 43 countries are participating in IDEAS 2016, while 261 foreign and 157 Pakistani firms will put up their stalls at the expo…
Pakistan’s Tourism Industry Gradually Recovering
ISLAMABAD: With 2016 already a record year for the tourism sector in Pakistan at the local level, tourism was gradually recovering from the dark era of post September 11, 2001. The country…
Lok Virsa to organize workshop of traditional basketry work
ISLAMABAD, Nov 2 (APP): Lok Virsa would organize Craft of the Month program “Traditional Basketry Work” from November 7 at Heritage Museum. Executive Director Lok Virsa Dr. Fouzia Saeed told APP that a high…
Pakistan urges US to ease travel advisory
Pakistan has urged the United States to revise its travel advisory pertaining to the country in a bid to promote a softer and more investor-friendly image to American citizens. This request was…