Tourism - 5

Some amateur archaeologists exploring the fast vanishing traces of ancient Sindh have failed to find a mountain spring that was once discovered by British officials before partition of the subcontinent in the city’s western hills that, at that time, was part of an area called Deh Aurangi or Audangi, now spelt as Orangi. In their [...]

PIA took off at 10:00 am and soon entered the land of mega mountains where high peaks including the world’s second highest peak K2, lakes, meadows, valleys and glaciers … The sky was clear and snow-capped peaks were glittering in the August sun. Five of the world’s 14 tallest mountains (over 8000 meters) are situated [...]

Karachi is probably the youngest of its kind on the world’s cosmopolitan map with a history of not more than 200 years, but it has its own myths although its cultural and ethnic configuration has entirely changed. A sizable part of the two localities that begins from Sarrafa Bazaar (jewellery market) in the east and [...]

Somehow our museums are not a popular subject for newspapers. Also called the Virsa Museum (because it was planned and laid out by Lok Virsa, the National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage) it is completely different from other museums. The museum is splendid opportunity for the people of Pakistan who live in Islamabad or [...]

They call it the “game of kings” but surely only the most courageous sovereign would dare to brave the annual polo tournament in Pakistan’s northern mountains. Every year the teams from Gilgit and Chitral meet mid-way at Shandur, a spectacular natural arena ringed by snow-sprinkled peaks that is the world’s highest polo ground. The best [...]

The four-day expedition will take place in the third week of August and will cover some northern areas of Pakistan. Pakistan is endowed with a collection of high mountains having 720 peaks above 6,000 metres with 162 peaks above 7,000 metres and five above 8,000 metres, including the second tallest mountain — Chogori — the [...]

The hospitality and friendship exhibited by the villagers of Dhaliwal was unbelievable. We were treated like royalty. So many children gathered around us that I became a street magician and amused them by showing them tricks with coins and balls that I always carry in my pocket. We were greatly touched by the regard and [...]

Last year, the Basque climbers Iker and Eneko Pou changed their mind only days before departing for Pakistan, where they planned to free climb ‘Eternal Flame’ on the Trango Towers: This year though – it’s a go. The brothers will go to Trango Towers in July, to free-climb Eternal Flame, on the Nameless Tower. The [...]

A BRITISH horse rider is all set to kick off the second phase of his journey – from Lahore to Beijing – on a fundraising campaign for education. Stephen McCutcheon, 25, who started his journey from New Delhi in late 2004, arrived here in December the same year. Now after six months of preparation, he [...]

In the searing heat of 45 degrees Celsius, Indian and Pakistani border guards are preparing for a festival in the memory of Chamlayal Baba, a revered figure on both sides of the border near Jammu and Kashmir’s winter capital Jammu. Thousands of devotees from both sides of the border join the annual festival on the [...]