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Sites & Sounds

Kaghan Valley; From Mansehra to Babusar, Omar Usman

Kaghan valley is one of the prime tourist attractions of Pakistan. Stretched over 160 km, it is abound with snow-clad mountains, flowery meadows, enchanting lakes, and dense forests. With so much to offer, it provides an exhilarating experience; seeked after by thousands of tourists who flock the valley each year. . . . Read More

Tuesday, September 30 2008 

The Walled City, Ahmad Hassan Dani

The older portion of Peshawar is a walled city, to which the British added their own Cantonment guarded by barbed wires. This old city answers to a traditional Central Asian concept of a high citadel dominating the . . . Read More

Thursday, November 29 2007 

Stars over the Suleiman Range, Rina Saeed Khan

Which place in Pakistan do you think is the most beautiful? I am asked whenever I return from one of my travels into the remote hinter-lands of Pakistan. I really can't say for sure . . . Read More

Thursday, June 14 2007 

Kaniguram, Javed Noor

Located in South Waziristan Agency of the North West Frontier Province, Kaniguram is the most scenic & remote valley of the agency. It is populated by roughly forty thousand people, most of whom are Burki's . . . Read More

Thursday, June 7 2007 

British Era Cemeteries in the Khyber Pass, Dr. Ali Jan

The legendary Khyber Pass in the North West Frontier of Pakistan is the most famous passageway in the Himalayas. No other pass in the world has possessed such strategic importance or retains so many historic associations and romance as this gateway. . . . Read More

Sunday, August 27 2006 

Geography of Bannu and Environs

The Bannu district is the most northern of the three districts of the Derajat division. It comprises an area of 3,868 square miles, with an extreme length from north to south of 58 miles and an extreme breadth from east to west of 94 miles. It is bounded . . . Read More

Thursday, November 17 2005 

Taking the High Road, Amar Grover

In the late 1800s, the Hindu Kush was the setting for one of the most heroic events of the Great Game. Amar Grover visited northern Pakistan to retrace the remarkable journey taken by a small British Army contingent to rescue their comrade in arms. . . . Read More

Wednesday, November 16 2005 

The State of Dir, Simon Gillett

Throughout the 19th century the Khans of Dir effectively controlled only upper Dir and their attempts to dominate lower Dir and even lower Swat were strongly resisted. A notable opponent was the famous Umra Khan of Jandool, a bitter enemy of British hegemony. . . . Read More

Sunday, September 25 2005 

Northern Pakistan; Character, Beauty, & Tears, Bret Wallach

It is some testimony to the relations between the countries formerly constituting the British Indian Empire that, just as the only air connection between Bangladesh and India is a route between Dhaka and Calcutta, so, too, the only connection between Bangladesh and Pakistan - formerly East and West Pakistan - is a route between Dhaka and Karachi. . . . Read More

Tuesday, July 26 2005 

Kalash Calling, Nyla Daud

ONE of the major attractions of the Chitral valley is its fabled Kalash tribe. Traditionally called ‘the wearers of black robes’, they are a pagan tribe who some historians believe are descendants of five soldiers of the legions of Alexander's army. Today, just over 3,000 Kalash people live in the three valleys of Bumburiet, Birir and Rumbur. . . . Read More

Monday, July 25 2005 

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