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A general councilor Ghulam Mustafa hired motorised cages of four lions and 50 horses for a marriage party of his younger brother Sharafat Ali on Friday night. Believe it or not but it is a fact that a Henna party used motorised cages of lions as transportation to reach bride’s house. This is a unique [...]

The flower-bedecked train with “Queen of the Desert” and “Bridge of Friendship” written on it was greeted by dancers in traditional costume and the beat of drums. The train crossed the border and a few minutes later reached Munabao – a sleepy village in western Rajasthan. Sitting on camels, paramilitary troops patrolled the desert on [...]

On Thursday, US forces handed over the 212th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, stationed in the earthquake-devastated city of Muzaffarabad, to the Pakistan army’s Medical Battalion. Major Piotrowski said the Americans were leaving with lasting memories. The MASH spent their last few days training Pakistanis to use the stuff they are leaving behind. MASH officials say [...]

Mr Lau, who has hunted approximately 20 animals in North America, Central Asia and Australia, had a passion for conservation of wild animals and in this regard he had also given donations to different organizations…. hunting permits are auctioned to both local and foreign hunters and the revenue generated from the sale of permits is [...]

The management of the Safari Park is trying to establish a breeding center for endangered leopards in Pakistan and is looking for a mate for a female who was donated by the NWFP government two weeks ago.At present, the female leopard is still not used to the atmosphere of her cage and the Safari environment [...]

It is also said that the PIB Colony is the only locality in the metropolis that has a legally notified bus stop. The old residents of the area said that 30 to 35 years ago there used to a big market of old books near the bus stop frequented by avid readers o the city. [...]

Ali’s family is one of the many divided families who haven’t seen each other for decades. “I probably won’t even be able to recognize or identify many of the children who were born during this long dissociation,” Ali says. Mohammad Ali, his wife and two teenage sons are excited to be among the historic passengers [...]

According to an elderly citizen, there used to be dozens of water troughs in Karachi but she has witnessed their steady destruction. Few people know who Shrimati Aplibai was. But perhaps some people do know what she did for Karachi. At a time before the creation of Pakistan, she had a water trough constructed outside [...]

Domestic tourists have always been able to enjoy the spectacular scenery and hospitality of the people of Pakistani Kashmir. A string of guest houses, most run by state agencies, grew up for the trickle of visitors from the lowlands but most were destroyed in the quake. The earthquake not only opened the region up to [...]

Even if you are well traveled and widely read, you probably didn’t know about this remarkable small city in Pakistan with its glorious history. After all, Pakistan is not given much publicity in the West as a great tourist destination. But Taxila is also one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world — [...]