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• Ayubia National Park

  23 March 2013 ( #Changla Gali, #Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, #Khanspur, #Khaira Gali, #Ayubia National Park, #Pakistan, #Ghora Dhaka, #Galyat )

  Ayubia National Park Ayubia National Park (shortened as Ayubia) is a protected area of 3,312 hectares (8,184 acres) [1] located in Abbottabad District , Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, northern Pakistan . It was declared a national park in 1984. [2] Ayubia...

• Khanpur Dam

  23 March 2013 ( #Islamabad, #Hayat Sherpao, #Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, #Haro River, #Sarhad Tourism Corporation, #Ayub Khan, #Pakistan, #Khanpur Dam )

  Khanpur Dam Khanpur Dam is a dam located on the Haro River near Potowar Plateau and the village of Khanpur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, about 25 miles (40 km) from Islamabad, Pakistan. It caters to domestic water supplies in Rawalpindi and Islamabad,...

• The Kalabagh dam

  23 March 2013 ( #Kalabagh Dam, #Kalabagh, #Pervez Musharraf, #Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, #Minister for Water and Power, #River Indus, #Pakistan, #Sindh )

  The Kalabagh dam (Urdu: کالا باغ ڈيم ), is a proposed hydroelectric dam on the Indus River at Kalabagh in Mianwali District of the Punjab province in Pakistan. The project has been highly debated and deemed a necessity since its inception. If constructed...

• Ghazi-Barotha Hydropower Project

  23 March 2013 ( #Ghazi-Barotha Hydropower Project, #Indus, #Environment, #Indus River, #Government of Pakistan, #Tarbela Dam, #World Bank, #Pakistan )

  Ghazi Brotha Canal in Punjab Pakistan Ghazi-Barotha Hydropower Project (Urdu: غازى بروتھا ) is a 1,450 Megawatt run-of-the-river hydropower project on the Indus River in Pakistan. About 1,600 cubic meter per second of water is diverted from the Indus...

• The Mangla Dam

  23 March 2013 ( #Indus Basin Project, #India, #Indus River, #Indus Waters Treaty, #Sutlej, #Mangla Dam, #Jhelum River, #Pakistan )

  English: Powerhouse at Mangla Dam The Mangla Dam (Urdu: منگلا بند) is located on the Jhelum River in the Mirpur District of Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. It is the 16th largest dam in the world. [1] It was built from 1961 to 1967 with funding from the World...

• Salimuzzaman Siddiqui

  23 March 2013 ( #Taliban, #Barabanki District, #Siddiqui, #Salimuzzaman Siddiqui, #Pakistan, #Persian language, #Associated Press, #Hakim Ajmal Khan )

  Salimuzzaman Siddiqui Salimuzzaman Siddiqui (Urdu: سلیم الزّماں صدّیقی [səˈliːmʊzzəmɑːn sɪˈd̪d̪iːqi] ; 19 October 1897 - 14 April 1994), [1] HI, MBE, SI, D.Phil., FPAS , FRS . was a leading Pakistani scientist in Natural Product Chemistry. He is credited...

• The Pakistan Monument

  23 March 2013 ( #Islamabad, #Muhammad Ali Jinnah, #Federally Administered Tribal Areas, #Pakistani people, #Pakistan Monument, #Pakistan, #Muhammad Iqbal, #Allama Iqbal )

  English: National Monument of Pakistan in Islamabad. The Pakistan Monument in Islamabad , Pakistan , is a national monument representing the nation's four provinces and three territories. After a competition among many renowned architects, Arif Masood’s...

• The Shalimar Gardens

  23 March 2013 ( #Lahore, #Anna Suvorova, #Shalimar Garden, #Shah Jahan, #India, #Ali Mardan Khan, #Pakistan, #Mulla Alaul Maulk Tuni )

  Shalimar Gardens (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The Shalimar Gardens ( Punjabi , Urdu : شالیمار باغ ), sometimes written Shalamar Gardens, is a Pakistani garden and it was built by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in Lahore , modern day Pakistan . Construction...

• The Wazir Khan Mosque

  23 March 2013 ( #Lahore, #Shah Jahan, #Qashani, #Wazir Khan, #Chiniot, #Urdu, #Pakistan, #Delhi Gate )

  The Wazir Khan Mosque (Punjabi/Urdu: مسجد وزیر خان Masjid Wazīr Khān) in Lahore, Pakistan, is famous for its extensive faience tile work. It has been described as 'a mole on the cheek of Lahore'. It was built in seven years, starting around 1634–1635...

• Minar-e-Pakistan

  23 March 2013 ( #Lahore, #Muhammad Ali Jinnah, #Bengali, #Urdu, #Pakistan, #Lahore Resolution, #Pakistan Movement, #Minar-e-Pakistan )

  Minar-e-Pakistan (Urdu، مینارِ پاکستان), which literally translates to "Tower of Pakistan" in Urdu, is a public monument in Iqbal Park Lahore, Pakistan, which was built in the 1960s to commemorate the Lahore Resolution. The tower is constructed on the...

• The Lahore Fort

  23 March 2013 ( #Lahore Fort, #Lahore, #Walled City of Lahore, #Shalimar Garden, #Masti Gate, #Pakistan, #Akbar, #Alamgiri Gate )

  The Lahore Fort, locally referred to as Shahi Qila (Punjabi, Urdu: شاہی قلعہ ) is citadel of the city of Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. It is located in the northwestern corner of the Walled City of Lahore. The trapezoidal composition is spread over 20 hectares....

• The Badshahi Mosque

  23 March 2013 ( #Lahore Fort, #Mughal Empire, #Taj Mahal, #Badshahi Mosque, #Aurangzeb, #Faisal Mosque, #Pakistan, #Mosque )

  The Badshahi Mosque (Urdu: بادشاہی مسجد ) or the 'Royal Mosque' in Lahore, commissioned by the sixth Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb in 1671 and completed in 1673, is the second largest mosque in Pakistan and South Asia and the fifth largest mosque in the world....

• The Faisal Mosque

  23 March 2013 ( #Islamabad, #Masjid al-Nabawi, #Masjid al-Haram, #Faisal Mosque, #Vedat Dalokay, #Medina, #Saudi Arabia, #Margalla Hills )

  The Faisal Mosque is the largest mosque in Pakistan, located in the national capital city of Islamabad. Completed in 1986, it was designed by Turkish architect Vedat Dalokay to be shaped like a desert Bedouin's tent. It is situated at the north end of...

• 23 March Pakistan Day

  22 March 2013 ( #British Raj, #All-India Muslim League, #Ayub Khan, #Constitution of Pakistan, #Pakistan, #Muslim League, #Lahore Resolution, #Pakistan Day )

  Pakistan Day (Urdu: یوم پاکستان, lit. Youm-e-Pakistan) or Pakistan Resolution Day also Republic Day is a national holiday in Pakistan to commemorate the Lahore Resolution of 1940 [1] and the adoption of the first constitution of Pakistan during the transition...

• Wagah Border Lahore

  22 March 2013 ( #Lahore, #India, #Amritsar, #Radcliffe Line, #Urdu, #Pakistan, #Wagah, #Grand Trunk Road )

  Wagah (Punjabi (Gurmukhi): ਵਾਘਾ, Hindi: वाघा, Urdu: واہگہ ) is the only road border crossing between Pakistan and India, [1] and lies on theGrand Trunk Road between the cities of Amritsar, Punjab, India and Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Overview Wagah, named...

• Rawal Lake

  21 March 2013 ( #Islamabad, #Catla, #Rawalpindi, #Korang River, #Rawal Lake, #Pakistan, #Murree, #Margalla Hills )

  Rawal lake in Islamabad. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Rawal Lake ( Urdu : جھیل راول ) in Pakistan is an artificial reservoir that provides the water needs for the cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad . Korang River along with some other small streams coming...

• Haleji Lake

  21 March 2013 ( #Thatta District, #Muttahida Qaumi Movement, #Asia, #World War II, #Haleji Lake, #Pakistan, #Karachi, #Sindh )

  Twenty three districts of Sindh, Pakistan. 1. Karachi 2. Jamshoro 3. Thatta 4. Badin 5. Tharparkar 6. Umerkot 7. Mirpur Khas 8. Tando Allahyar 9. Naushahro Feroze 10. Tando Muhammad Khan 11. Hyderabad 12. Sanghar 13. Khairpur 14. Nawabshah 15. Dadu 16....

• Keenjhar Lake

  21 March 2013 ( #Thatta District, #Pakistan, #Karachi, #Thatta, #Noori Jam Tamachi, #Pheasant Tailed Jacana, #Sindh, #Keenjhar Lake )

  English: Grave of Noori, in the middle of Keenjahr Lake. Noori Wife of Jam Tamachi, is burried with her Murshid "Spritual Leader". (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Keenjhar Lake ( Urdu : ڪينجهر جھیل Sindhi : ڪينجهر ڍنڍ ) commonly called as Kalri Lake ( Urdu...

• Hanna Lake

  21 March 2013 ( #Water conservation, #Balochistan Province, #Hanna Lake, #Urak Valley, #Balochistan Pakistan, #British Empire, #Pakistan, #Quetta )

  English: Hanna Lake (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Hanna Lake ( Urdu : ہنہ جھيل ) is a lake near Quetta city in Pakistan and is one of the main attractions in the city and a reservoir was Constructed by the British Empire. In 1894, a small action dam Surrpull...

• History of Saiful Muluk

  21 March 2013 ( #Kaghan Valley, #Mansehra District, #Balakot, #Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, #Naran, #Pakistan, #Malika Parbat, #Hazara Division )

  English: Saif ul Maluk Lake, Kaghan Valley. in Saiful Malook National Park, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Photo by Joonas Lyytinen. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Saiful Muluk ( Urdu : جھیل سیف الملوک ) is an alpine lake located at the northern end of the...

• Glaciers in Pakistan

  21 March 2013 ( #Polar region, #Baltoro Glacier, #Karakoram, #Pakistan, #Baltoro, #Siachen Glacier, #Nagar Valley, #Glacier )

  Masherbrum (7,821m), Pakistan (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Pakistan Glaciers amount to the greatest mass and collection of glaciated ice in the whole world apart from the North and South Poles. The Mountain ranges of Northern Pakistan are host to some of...

• Cholistan Desert

  21 March 2013 ( #Punjab Pakistan, #Thar Desert, #Textile, #India, #Indus River, #Bahawalpur, #Cholistan Desert, #Pakistan )

  Camels race in the Cholistan desert. Located in Bahawalpur, Pakistan (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Cholistan Desert ( Urdu : صحرائے چولِستان ), Saraiki :صحرائے چولستان), also locally known as Rohi (روہی) sprawls thirty kilometers from Bahawalpur , Punjab...

• The Thar Desert

  21 March 2013 ( #Thar Desert, #India, #Great Rann of Kutch, #Indus River, #Sutlej, #Pakistan, #Tharparkar District, #Indus Valley Civilization )

  English: A house in the Thar desert. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The Thar Desert ( Rajasthani : थार मरुधर, Hindi :थार मरुस्थल, Urdu : صحراےَ تھر , Sindhi : ٿر ريگستان) also known as the Great Indian Desert) is a large, arid region in the northwestern part...

• The Thal desert

  21 March 2013 ( #Pothohar Plateau, #Mehmood Shaheed, #Dullewala, #Pakistan, #Thal Desert, #Mari Shah Sakhira, #ECNEC, #Adhi Kot )

  Tamarix tree of Thal desert (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The Thal desert ( Urdu , Saraiki : صحراےَ تھل ) is situated in Punjab , Pakistan . It is vast area mainly between the Jhelum and Sindh rivers near the Pothohar Plateau . Its total length from north...

• Aslam Farrukhi

  21 March 2013 ( #Lucknow, #India, #Aslam Farrukhi, #Urdu, #Asif Farrukhi, #Pakistan, #Karachi University, #Karachi )

  Dr Asif Aslam Farrukhi (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Aslam Farrukhi, PP, (Urdu: اسلم فرخی ) (born October 23,1923) [1] [ dead link ] is an Urdu author, critic, poet, linguist, scholar and broadcaster from Pakistan. He is also known for children's writings....