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The global hotel chain, Le Meridien Hotels & Resorts is set to tap the Pakistan tourism market. The group will be managing the operations of Midway House, the oldest hotel in Karachi owned by the Department of Civil Aviation, Pakistan. Targeting primarily the corporates, Le Meridien Karachi, will open its doors in September 2005. What’s [...]

Rakaposhi, the Shining Wall, is also known as Dumani, the Mother of Mist. Towering as an impressive massif with several points, the highest of them is 7,788 m (25,550 feet) high. The mountain, as beautiful as her names, poses well visible from the Karakorum Highway, her silhouette dominating the Hunza Valley, West of K2 in [...]

The winter is approaching but no news yet of winter expeditions to Karakorum. Mountaineering challenges are scarce these days some say, yet the fierce Pakistan mountains offer just that – and with a stunning view. Pakistan holds at least five big dares, as none of its 8000ers has been climbed in winter! Up until now [...]

Three new species of mammals and eight new species of birds have been added to the existing inmates of Karachi Zoological Gardens (KZG). According to sources, most of the new entrants have been donated by various wildlife lovers. Before their arrival, there were 33 mammal species and 43 bird species at the zoo with the [...]

He has scaled Mt Everest without bottled oxygen, crossed Antarctica and travelled solo across the Gobi desert. Now controversial Italian climber Reinhold Messner, called the most famous mountaineer alive, wants to rebuild two villages of Pakistan devastated by an earthquake. The 60-year-old, who has climbed all the 14 mountain peaks in the world towering above [...]

Varieties of apple produced by Balochistan’s formers were put on display in a three-day annual Pakistan Apple Show, which began here on Tuesday. The aim of the show is to promote exports of apple and other fruits. The Balochistan Minister for Revenue Mir Asim Kurd opened the show, which has been organized by Export Promotion [...]

Pakistan Railways (PR) has decided to start a new passenger train called Millat Express on the Faisalabad-Karachi route on November 7 (21st Ramzan). The train will be the fastest in the country, running at 120km/h, and will slash the travel time between the two cities by almost two hours. PR sources told Daily Times that [...]

Pakistan’s State owned Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (PNSC) is planning to start a ferry service from Karachi to Mumbai via Gwader and Dubai. The new sea route, when commissioned, will open up an affordable alternative for transportation of passengers and goods while giving a much-needed push to the promotion of tourism between the three countries. [...]

How Karachi scores over Mumbai: The airport is better, the roads are pothole-free, and the people are warm, gracious and more polite, say the Vaziranis. ”We want to share (with you all) just how warm the people of Pakistan are,” gushes Mala Vazirani (47) who along with husband Suresh runs Transasia Bio-Medical, a Saki Naka-based [...]

GWADAR, This city of mostly poor fishermen and their families sits on an isthmus between two picturesque bays, its most distinctive feature a flat-topped mountain of rock that extends into the sea like a fortress wall. But by next year Gwadar stands to become one of the most strategic deepwater ports in the region that [...]