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• Gandhāra

  02 April 2013 ( #Taxila, #Kaurava, #Pothohar Plateau, #Vedic period, #Gandhara, #Pakistan, #Peshawar, #Janapada )

  Gandhāra (Sanskrit: गन्धार, Persian: ویهیند , Urdu: گندھارا ) is an ancient kingdom (Mahajanapada), located in parts of modern-day northern Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan. [1] Gandhara was located mainly in the Peshawar Valley, the Pothohar Plateau...

• Liaquat National Bagh

  02 April 2013 ( #Prime Minister of Pakistan, #Benazir Bhutto Road, #Liaquat Ali Khan, #Rawalpindi, #Liaquat National Bagh, #Pakistan, #Benazir Bhutto, #Liaquat Bagh )

  Liaquat National Bagh (Park), usually just referred to as Liaquat Bagh (Urdu: لیاقت باغ), is a famous park on Murree Road in the city of Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan. Two Prime Ministers of Pakistan have been assassinated in this park. The park was formerly...

• Saidu Sharif

  02 April 2013 ( #Mingora, #Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, #Buddhist, #Buddha, #Punjabi Language, #Gautama Buddha, #Saidu Sharif, #Swat District )

  Saidu Medical College, Saidu Sharif, capital city of Swat Valley, Pakistan Saidu Sharif (Urdu: سیدو شریف) is the capital city of Swat District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan. It is located at 34°45'0N 72°21'0E with an altitude of 939 metres...

• Mingora Sawat

  02 April 2013 ( #Mingora, #Loe Banr, #Malala Yousafzai, #Taliban, #Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, #Saidu Sharif, #Pakistan, #Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan )

  Mingora (also spelled Mingawara or Mangora or Mingaora) (Pashto: مینګورہ ) is the largest city in Swat District, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is located at an altitude of 984 metres (3,228 ft) [1] and lies on the banks of River Swat about...

• Murree Road

  02 April 2013 ( #Islamabad, #Benazir Bhutto Road, #Rawalpindi, #Liaquat National Bagh, #Asia, #Pakistan, #Murree, #Murree Road )

  Murree Road, Rawalpindi Benazir Bhutto Road, alternatively known as Murree Road (Urdu: مری روڈ), is a major road that runs from Rawalpindi to Murree in Pakistan. It has been a hot spot for various political and social events. Nala Lai, famous for its...

• Bhurban

  02 April 2013 ( #Punjab Pakistan, #Islamabad, #Bhurban, #Ayubia National Park, #Rawat Union Council, #Pakistan, #Punjab, #Murree )

  Bhurban, and its mountain landscape setting Bhurban (Urdu: بھوربن ) is a small town and a hill station in Punjab province, Pakistan. The resort town is named after a nearby forest. It is located approximately 9 kilometres from Murree city. [1] The Rawat...

• Chacha Cricket

  02 April 2013 ( #Abu Dhabi, #Sharjah, #Pakistan National Cricket Team, #Urdu, #Pakistan, #Chacha Cricket, #Pakistan Cricket Board, #Daska )

  Chaudhry Abdul Jalil (Urdu: چوہدری عبدالجلیل ), famously known as Chacha Cricket (Uncle Cricket), (Urdu: چاچا کرکٹ ) is a famous Pakistani cricket mascot. He was born in Daska, Punjab on October 8, 1949. Jalil is regularly seen at cricket matches involving...

• Naveen Perwani Snoker Player

  02 April 2013 ( #Sports, #2006 IBSF World Snooker Championship, #Amman, #Naveen Perwani, #Deepak Perwani, #Pakistan, #Atthasit Mahitthi, #Snooker )

  English: Billard and snooker (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Naveen Perwani (Sindhi: نویں پرواني) (Born 23 October 1971) is a Pakistani amateur snooker player. [1] He is one of the few Hindus to represent Pakistan. Perwani reached the quarter-final at the 2006...

• Muhammad Asif Snoker Champion

  02 April 2013 ( #Shahbaz Sharif, #Muhammad Asif, #Bulgaria, #Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, #Pakistan, #Sofia, #Snooker, #Gary Wilson )

  Chacha Cricket and Muhammad Asif Muhammad Asif (Urdu: محمد آصف ) is a Pakistani snooker player who represents Pakistan in different international tournaments. He won the first title of 2012 IBSF World Snooker Championship [2] that is also known as the...

• Muhammad Yousaf

  02 April 2013 ( #India, #Chandni Chowk, #Muhammad Yousaf, #World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, #Mumbai, #Pakistan, #Karachi, #Glen Wilkinson )

  The World Snooker Championship Trophy on display at "The Cue Zone" outside the Crucible Theather in Sheffield Muhammad Yousaf (Urdu: محمد یوسف ), also spelled as Mohammed Yousuf, is a Pakistani snooker player. He is the winner of the 1994 IBSF World Snooker...

• Nankana Sahib

  02 April 2013 ( #Nankana Sahib, #Sikh, #Gurdwara, #Guru Nanak, #Zulfikar Ali Khan, #Sheikhupura District, #Sikhism, #Pakistan )

  Gurdwara Nankana Sahib, in Nankana Sahib, Pakistan. Nankana Sahib (Urdu: ننكانہ صاحِب ), (Punjabi: ਨਨਕਾਣਾ ਸਾਹਿਬ ), is a city and capital of Nankana Sahib District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is named after the first guru of the Sikhs, Nanak,...

• Hiran Minar

  02 April 2013 ( #Lahore, #Mughal Empire, #Shah Jahan, #Mughal, #Jahangir, #Hiran Minar, #Pakistan, #Sheikhupura )

  A photo of Hiran Minar Sheikhupura Hiran Minar; Urdu: ہرن مینار (Minaret of Antelope) is set in peaceful environs near Lahore in Sheikhupura, Pakistan. It was constructed by Emperor Jahangir as a monument to Mansraj, one of his pet deer. The structure...

• The Khyber train safari

  01 April 2013 ( #Khyber Pass, #Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, #Pakistan, #Manakara Airport, #Landi Kotal, #Peshawar, #Vulcan Foundry, #Gisborne Airport )

  The Khyber Railway. With a Pakistan Railways HGS 2-8-0 at front and rear a charter train climbs the Khyber Pass through a series of zig-zags to gain height. The Khyber train safari was a tourist train which ran between Peshawar and Landi Kotal through...

• The Durand Line

  01 April 2013 ( #Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, #Federally Administered Tribal Areas, #Mortimer Durand, #Pashtun people, #Durand Line, #Afghanistan, #Abdur Rahman Khan, #Pakistan )

  Mujahideen crossing in from Pakistan border, Afghanistan (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The Durand Line (Pashto: د ډیورنډ کرښه , Urdu: ڈیورنڈ لائن ) refers to the 2,640 kilometers (1,640 mi) long porous border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. It was established...

• The Khyber Pass

  01 April 2013 ( #Khyber Pass, #Hari Singh Nalwa, #Federally Administered Tribal Area, #British Army, #Afghanistan, #Pakistan, #Landi Kotal, #Qutlugh Khwaja )

  Typical highly decorated Pakistani transport truck and passengers travelling over Khyber Pass. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The Khyber Pass, (Pashto: د خیبر درہ , Urdu: تنگه خیبر (altitude: 1,070 m or 3,510 ft)) is a mountain pass connecting Afghanistan...

• Lyari Expressway

  01 April 2013 ( #Lyari, #National Highway Authority, #Lyari Expressway, #Pakistan, #Karachi, #Sohrab Goth, #Lyari River, #Frontier Works Organisation )

  Lyari Expressway, Karachi, Pakistan - ROUTE MAP (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Lyari Expressway is a highway currently under construction along the Lyari River in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. This toll highway is designed to relieve congestion in the city of...

• The Indus Highway

  01 April 2013 ( #Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, #Indus River, #Kohat Tunnel, #Pakistan, #Karachi, #Peshawar, #Indus Highway, #Sindh )

  The Indus Highway newly inaugrated. The Indus Highway, also known by its technical designation N-55, is a 1,264 km long four-lane highway that runs along the Indus River in Pakistan connecting the port city of Karachi with the northwestern city of Peshawar....

• The Motorways of Pakistan

  01 April 2013 ( #Lahore, #National Highway Authority, #Gwadar Port, #Toll road, #Speed limit, #Pakistan, #South Korea, #Controlled-access highway )

  The Motorways of Pakistan are a network of multiple-lane, high-speed, limited-access or controlled-access highways in Pakistan, which are owned, maintained and operated federally by Pakistan's National Highway Authority. Expressways are similar to motorways...

• The Super Highway

  01 April 2013 ( #Super Highway, #Mohammad Ali Jinnah Road, #National Highway Authority, #Pakistan, #Karachi Northern Bypass, #Karachi, #Controlled-access highway, #Sindh )

  National Highway, newly carpeted. Hyderabad,, Sindh Pakistan The Super Highway is a 136-km long 4-lane highway connecting the cities of Hyderabad and Karachi in the Sindh province of Pakistan. It is a part of Pakistan's National Highways Network. The...

• The National Highway

  01 April 2013 ( #Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, #Federally Administered Tribal Areas, #Pakistan, #Karachi, #Attock Khurd, #Peshawar, #Grand Trunk Road, #Sindh )

  The National Highway 05 or the N-5 is Pakistan's longest highway running from the port city of Karachi to the border crossing at Torkham. Its total length is 1756 km [2] and it runs north from Karachi located in Sindh province to Hyderabad, Moro and Khairpur...

• Ali Masjid

  01 April 2013 ( #Second Anglo-Afghan War, #Peshawar Valley Field Force, #Khyber Pass, #Pakistan, #Landi Kotal, #Peshawar, #Ali Masjid, #Samuel Browne )

  Ali Masjid is the narrowest point of the Khyber Pass. It is located in the Khyber Agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Pakistan. It is located around 10 miles (16 km) east of the city of Landi Kotal (West of Peshawar) and has an elevation...

• The Pamir Mountains

  01 April 2013 ( #Tajikistan, #Kongur Tagh, #Wakhan Corridor, #Tarim Basin, #Hindu Kush, #Tian Shan, #Kunlun Mountains, #Pamir Mountains )

  The Pamir Mountains are a mountain range in Central Asia formed by the junction or knot of the Himalayas, Tian Shan, Karakoram, Kunlun, and Hindu Kush ranges. They are among the world’s highest mountains, and since Victorian times, they have been known...

• Importance of Gwadar port

  01 April 2013 ( #Port, #Gwadar Port, #China, #Gwadar, #Balochistan Pakistan, #Pakistan, #Karachi, #Singapore )

  Gwadar Port (Photo credit: Haseeb ANSAR) According to media news Pakistan is handing over responsibility of its strategic Gawader port to Chinese company .The Gwadar port in Pakistan ’s western province of Baluchistan was built in 2007 with the help of...

• The Mahabat Khan Mosque

  31 March 2013 ( #Lahore, #Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, #Aurangzeb, #Urdu, #Pakistan, #Mahabat Khan, #Peshawar, #Mosque )

  Interior of Mohabat Khan's Mosque The Mahabat Khan Mosque (Urdu, Pashto: مہابت خان مسجد) is a 17th century mosque in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is named after the Mughal governor of Peshawar Nawab Mahabat Khan who served under Emperors...

• The Sheesh Mahal Lahore

  31 March 2013 ( #Lahore Fort, #Shah Jahan, #Taj Mahal, #Urdu, #Akbar, #Naulakha Pavilion, #Sheesh Mahal, #Agra Fort )

  Sheesh Mahal, Amber Fort The Sheesh Mahal (The Palace of Mirrors; Urdu: شيون كا محل ) is located within the Shah Burj block in northern-western corner of Lahore Fort. It was constructed under the reign of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in 1631-32. The ornate...