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• Gawalmandi Lahore

  31 March 2013 ( #Lahore, #Gawalmandi, #Food Street, #Imran Khan, #Anarkali Bazaar, #Pakistan, #Mayo Hospital, #South Asia )

  Food street Lahore Gawalmandi is an iconic town located in the central part of Lahore. It is regarded as the cultural centre of Lahore. The famous Food Street of Lahore is located here. Facilities Besides the Food Street of Lahore. King Edward Medical...

• Anarkali bazaar Lahore

  31 March 2013 ( #Mamluk Sultanate, #Lahore, #The Mall Lahore, #Urdu, #Anarkali Bazaar, #Pakistan, #Akbar, #South Asia )

  Anarkali, Lahore Anarkali bazaar (Urdu: اناركلى بازار ) is an important bazār (market) in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. [1] It is one of the oldest surviving markets in South Asia, dating back at least 200 years. It is located on the Mall Road at 31°34'0N...

• Lahore Canal

  31 March 2013 ( #Lahore, #British Raj, #Canal Bank Road, #Bambawali Ravi-Bedian, #OMORÉ, #Lahore Canal, #Canal, #Pakistan )

  rickshaw on the Lahore 'nehr' or canal Lahore Canal (Urdu/Punjabi: لاﻫﻮر ﻧﻬﺮ) begins at the Bambawali-Ravi-Bedian (BRB) Canal that runs through the east of the city of Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. The 37 miles (60 km) long waterway built by the Mughals and...

• The Kalasha

  30 March 2013 ( #Kalash people, #Chitral, #Birir, #Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, #Indo-European languages, #Pakistan, #Kalasha, #Kalash )

  'Kalash girl' (Kalash people live in the Kalash Valleys in Chitral, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan) The Kalasha (Kalasha: Kaĺaśa, Nuristani: Kasivo) or Kalash, are a Dardic indigenous people residing in the Chitral District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province...

• Sehwan

  30 March 2013 ( #Ghazni - Mahmud, #Juni Bek, #Jamshoro District, #Sehwan Sharif, #Muhammad bin Qasim, #Pakistan, #Manchar Lake, #Sindh )

  Shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalander Sehwan (Urdu: سیہون) (aka: Sehwan Sharif) is a city located in Jamshoro District in the Sindh province of Pakistan. Sehwan town is of great antiquity and stands on the west bank of the Indus, 80 miles (130 km) north-west...

• Mushahid Ullah Khan

  30 March 2013 ( #Chee Soon Juan, #Rawalpindi, #Nawaz Sharif, #Mushahidullah Khan, #Ayub Khan, #Pakistan, #Pakistan Muslim League, #Islamia High School )

  Mushahid Ullah Khan is a Pakistani senator from the Punjab who is a member of the Pakistan Muslim League (N). [1] [2] [3] He has been a member of the Standing Committee on Science and Technology, the Standing Committee on Ports and Shipping, and the Standing...

• Ahsan Iqbal

  30 March 2013 ( #Lahore, #Ahsan Iqbal, #PPP, #National Assembly of Quebec, #PML-N, #Pakistan, #Chaudhry Abdul Rehman Khan, #Pakistan Muslim League )

  Ahsan Iqbal Chaudhary (Urdu: احسن اقبال چودھری ) (born September 28, 1958) is a Pakistani politician Member of National Assembly and the former Federal Minister for Education (Pakistan). [1] He is the Deputy Secretary General of the center-right party...

• Justice Dorab Patel

  30 March 2013 ( #Asian Human Rights Commission, #Sindh High Court, #Dorab Patel, #Patel, #Pakistan, #Karachi, #Lahore High Court, #Supreme Court )

  Justice Dorab Patel as a judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan Dorab Framrose Patel (b.1924 Quetta [1] - d.15 March 1997), was a Pakistan jurist, and lawmaker who served as a former Chief Justice of Supreme Court of Pakistan and former Chief Justice...

• Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry

  30 March 2013 ( #Balochistan, #Supreme Court of Pakistan, #Pervez Musharraf, #Yousaf Raza Gillani, #Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, #Pakistan, #Quetta, #Supreme Court )

  Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Chief Justice of the Pakistani Supreme Court Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, MoF (Urdu: اِفتِخارمُحَمّد چودهرى ), (born 12 December 1948), is the 18th and the incumbent Chief Justice of Pakistan, having been nominated by former...

• Miranshah

  30 March 2013 ( #United States, #Pakistan Air Force, #Miranshah, #Federally Administered Tribal Areas, #Sirajuddin Haqqani, #Afghanistan, #Pakistan, #North Waziristan )

  Miranshah (Urdu: میران شاہ ; Pashto: میران شاہ ) (pronounced "mirānshāh") is a town and administrative headquarters of the North Waziristan Agency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Geography and topography The town lies on the banks...

• Rashid Minhas

  30 March 2013 ( #Rashid Minhas, #Pakistan Air Force, #Minhas, #Matiur Rahman, #PAF Base Masroor, #Nishan-e-Haider, #Pakistan, #Karachi )

  Rashid Minhas or Rashid Minhas Shaheed, NH , (Urdu: راشد منہاس شہید ) (February 17, 1951 – August 20, 1971) was a Pilot Officer in the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) during the 1971 Pakistan-India War. Minhas, a newly commissioned officer at that time, is the...

• Karnal Sher Khan

  30 March 2013 ( #Shewa Adda, #Line of Control, #Kargil War, #Karnal Sher Khan, #Nishan-e-Haider, #Karnal Sher Killi, #Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, #Pakistan )

  Karnal Sher Khan (1970–1999) (Urdu: کرنل شیر خان) was a Pakistan Army officer who is one of only eleven recipients of Pakistan's highest gallantry award, the Nishan-e-Haider. He was a Captain in the 27 Sindh Regiment of the Pakistan. Name Captain Sher...

• Astola Island

  30 March 2013 ( #Gwadar District, #Balochistan, #Astola Island, #Balochistan Pakistan, #Pakistan, #Pasni, #Astola, #Arabian Sea )

  Sunset at Astola Island A view of sea from the Astola Island of Pakistan Astola Island, also known as Jezira Haft Talar (Urdu: جزیرہ ہفت تلار ) or 'Island of the Seven Hills', is a small uninhabited Pakistani island in the Arabian Sea approximately 25...

• Baba Bhit Island

  30 March 2013 ( #Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, #Urdu, #Pakistan, #Karachi, #Baloch people, #Kiamari Town, #Sindh, #Baba Bhit Island )

  Baba Bhit Island (Urdu: جزیرہ بابا بھٹ ) is the smallest neighbourhood of Kiamari Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. [1] It comprises three small fishing islands which in the centre of the harbour of Karachi. The approximated area of these islands is 4...

• Malakand

  30 March 2013 ( #Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, #Chitral, #Swat River, #Malakand Agency, #Malakand, #Provincially Administered Tribal Area, #Pakistan, #Malakand District )

  Malakand (Pashto: ملاکنډ ) is a district of the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan. The District was formed in 1970 as a Provincially Administered Tribal Area, It had previously been a Tribal Area known as the Malakand Protected Area, part of...

• Pakpattan

  30 March 2013 ( #Montgomery District, #Pakpattan, #India, #Sahiwal Division, #Amritsar, #Urdu, #Pakistan, #Ranghar )

  Pakpattan (Urdu: پاکپتّن ), is the capital city of the Pakpattan District in the Sahiwal Division in the Punjab province of Pakistan. Pakpattan is one of the ancient cities of Pakistan. It is the city that has the shrine of Baba Fareed. Pakpattan is located...

• The Port Muhammad Bin Qasim

  30 March 2013 ( #Port Qasim, #Pakistan, #Karachi, #Pakistan Steel Mills, #Jinnah International Airport, #Qasim, #Korangi Industrial Area, #Sindh )

  The Port Muhammad Bin Qasim (Urdu: بندر گاہ محمد بن قاسم Bandar-gāh Muhammad bin Qāsim), also known as Port Qasim, is a deep-water seaport in Karachi, Pakistan, on the coastline of the Arabian Sea. It is Pakistan's second busiest port, handling about...

• Gadani Beach

  30 March 2013 ( #Lasi, #Balochistan, #Gadani, #Balochistan Pakistan, #Pakistan, #Karachi, #Lasbela District, #Arabian Sea )

  Gadani Beach Gadani is a coastal village of Lasbela District located in the southern part of Balochistan along the Arabian Sea, Pakistan. It is also a Union Council of Hub Tehsil [1] and is just a 1 hour drive away from Karachi, Sindh. The population...

• PAF Museum, Karachi

  30 March 2013 ( #Pasrur, #Museum, #Pakistan Air Force, #Muhammad Ali Jinnah, #Pakistan, #Karachi, #Vickers VC.1 Viking, #Shara-e-Faisal )

  The entrance to the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Museum, Karachi. PAF Museum, Karachi (Urdu: پاک فضائیہ متحف ) is an Air Force museum and park situated near Karsaz Interchange on Shahra-e-Faisal in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. A majority of the aircraft, weapons...

• Makran

  30 March 2013 ( #Maka, #AchaemenidEmpire, #Iran, #Gulf of Oman, #United Arab Emirates, #Persia, #Makran, #Sindh )

  Makran (Urdu: مکران ) (pronounced [mæk'rɑːn]) is a semi-desert coastal strip in the south of Sindh and Balochistan, in Pakistan and Iran, along the coast of the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman. The name Makran derives from Maka , borne by an overlapping...

• Churna Island

  30 March 2013 ( #Balochistan, #2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, #Churna, #Churna Island, #Pakistan, #Dorado, #Sindh, #Pakistan Navy )

  Churna Island (Urdu: جزیرہ چرنا ) is a small uninhabited Pakistani island located in the Arabian Sea, about 9 km (5.6 mi) west of the mouth of the Hub river, at the boundary between the provinces of Balochistan and Sindh. Churna is approximately 1.2 km...

• The Deosai National Park

  28 March 2013 ( #Gilgit, #Deosai National Park, #Baltistan, #Skardu, #Sheosar Lake, #Pakistan, #Astore District, #Gilgit-Baltistan )

  The Deosai National Park in Skardu district, Pakistan. This picture was taken by myself, Kashiff, during my visit to the plains. The Deosai National Park is located in the Skardu, Astore Districts of Gilgit-Baltistan province, in northernmost Pakistan....

• Laila Peak

  28 March 2013 ( #Gondogoro Glacier, #Laila Peak, #Simon Yates, #Ireland, #Hushe, #Karakoram, #Fredrik Ericsson, #Brendan O'Sullivan )

  Layla Peak Laila Peak in Hushe Valley near Gondogoro Glacier is in Karakoram range and is 6,096 metres (20,000 ft) high. It has a distinctive spear-like shape. Its northwest face has a slope of 45 degrees in more than 1500 vertical metres. It has been...

• Masherbrum

  28 March 2013 ( #Masherbrum, #Mount Everest, #Baltoro Glacier, #Gasherbrum II, #Fanny Bullock Workman, #Karakoram, #Pakistan, #George Irving Bell )

  Masherbrum (7,821m), Pakistan Masherbrum (also known as K1) is located in the Gilgit Baltistan of Pakistan. At 7,821 metres (25,659 ft) it is the 22nd highest mountain in the world and the 9th highest in Pakistan. It was the first mapped peak in the Karakoram...

• The Godwin-Austen Glacier

  28 March 2013 ( #Gilgit, #Concordia, #Baltoro Glacier, #Skardu, #Himalayas, #Karakoram, #Godwin-Austen Glacier, #Pakistan )

  Broad Peak from Godwin-Austen Glacier: Broad Peak North on the links (Behind clouds), Broad Peak Central (centre left) and Broad Peak Main (centre right) Deutsch: Der Broad Peak vom Godwin-Austen-Gletscher aus: links der Nordgipfel, links der Bildmitte...