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Pakistan's Basant Festival

Anonymous — Wed, 12 Feb 2003 00:38:19 +0000

The ancient eastern city of Lahore marks the beginning of spring with the Basant carnival, an orgy of kite-flying, rooftop soirees, garden parties and equestrian events, much to the disgust of Islamic...

Theater of War Every Evening at the Pakistan-India Border

Anonymous — Thu, 29 May 2003 02:22:41 +0000

WAGAH, Pakistan, May 28, 2003 - The clunk of heavy boots, glowering looks, aggressive snorts and a final martial handshake -- the goose-stepping of Pakistani and Indian soldiers creates a daily...

Bollywood's Line of Control

Anonymous — Thu, 20 Nov 2003 09:47:47 +0000

The 1999 Kargil conflict between India and Pakistan which claimed 1,000 lives is being brought to the big screen in a big-budget movie starring some of the most famous names in Bollywood. The...

Lahore's 'Indian bazaar'

Anonymous — Tue, 22 Jul 2003 02:18:57 +0000

Traders in the "Indian bazaar" in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore are buoyed by hopes their businesses will thrive with the recent resumption of a bus service between the South Asian rivals.

Kashmir's traditional heating pot loses out to modern gadgets

Anonymous — Fri, 19 Dec 2003 23:10:37 +0000

SRINAGAR, India, Dec 18, 2003 - The traditional pot used for centuries by people in Kashmir to keep warm during the harsh winters in the Himalayan region is slowly losing out to modern and more...

Making for the Hills

Anonymous — Wed, 07 Jan 2004 04:03:56 +0000

I remember exclaiming with awe when I woke up in Simla (or Shimla, as it is often spelled and pronounced) and stepped out of my room to view the landscape, which I had been unable to see on the...

Pakistan-Afghanistan's 'Gate of Friendship'

Anonymous — Thu, 22 May 2003 09:35:30 +0000

CHAMAN, Pakistan, May 13, 2003 - It was supposed to unite, instead it divides: the "Gate of Friendship", a new border post linking south-west Pakistan with south-east Afghanistan today symbolises the...

UmerKot

Anonymous — Wed, 26 Jan 2005 17:52:20 +0000

Basic Introduction: It is a city that lies at the edge of world famous desert: Thar. Part of this tremendous desert lies on the Pakistani side and the other lies in the Indian side. Umerkot is known...

Sehwan Sharif

Anonymous — Mon, 27 Dec 2004 16:05:35 +0000

There is some old world beauty about this city; and it is fantastic. Off course, I am talking about Sehwan Sharif. This unknown town is some four hour drive from Karachi on Indus Highway, which forks...

The Grand Mosque

Anonymous — Sun, 01 May 2005 14:54:11 +0000

Thatta, Pakistan, was once a glorious city. It had been the capital of Sindh in the past and at least four Muslim dynasties ruled over its fortunes. Since 1739, however, it ceased to be the province...

Birdwatching in Islamabad, Pakistan

Anonymous — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:21:44 +0000

Just 10 minutes drive from the centre of this Pakistani capital, there are mountains and wetlands teeming with exotic birds...

The Sound of One Civilization Clashing

Anonymous — Fri, 03 May 2002 10:07:26 +0000

* * * * * Review of V. S. Naipaul's Beyond Belief: Islamic Excursions Among the Converted Peoples , Abacus, 2002. * * * * * I was on a beach on the island of Ko Samet in Thailand. With me were one...

The Child Carpet Weavers of Pakistan

Anonymous — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 11:13:50 +0000

LAHORE, Pakistan, Jan 16, 2006 - After years of backbreaking, finger-stiffening toil in Pakistan's luxury carpet business, Hafeezan Bibi and her three children have been given new hope by an...

Notes of a Skeptical Infidel

Anonymous — Thu, 26 Jun 2003 21:58:39 +0000

* * * * * Review of V.S. Naipaul's Among the Believers: An Islamic Journey , First Vintage Books, 1982. * * * * * Every day I hear the muezzin's call to prayer stirring the Muslim faithful of Phuket,...

Quetta

Anonymous — Sat, 01 Jan 2005 17:18:48 +0000

Basic Introduction: Quetta is a small city towards the border with Afghanistan. It is the capital of Baluchistan - largest province of Pakistan in terms of size and smallest in terms of population.