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Some 200 kilometers west of Karachi in the vicinity of Hingol National Park Area exists a rare natural wonder – The Great Mud Volcanoes of Balochistan, called Chandragup Mud Volcanoes. There are known to be as much as 21 mud volcanoes in Hingol with some of the largest ones in the world also speculated to be here. These volcanoes don’t Read more...
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The historical origin of the Freemasons is rather obscure and mysterious, which — combined with the somewhat secretive nature of their rituals — has led to much conjecture and conspiracy theories about their activities around the world. Their meetings involve old symbolic rituals that have been carried forward for hundreds of years. The fraternity operates from very loosely connected “grand Read more...
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Pride of Goans. Pride of Karachi. A Vestige of Great Goan Legacy. Walking past Karachi Goan Association entrance is like entering a wormhole, jumping into a universe which is oblivious to cacophony of competing voices out on Saddar road. Goan Association Hall is a landmark which still plays an active role in Karachi’s social scene. The entrance opposite Karachi Grammar Read more...
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He was born in 1928 in Hong Kong. He was commissioned into the Punjab Regiment, in 1950. On 6 September 1965, as a Company Commander in the Burki area of the Lahore sector, Major Raja Aziz Bhatti chose to stay with his forward platoon under incessant artillery and tank attacks for five days and nights in the defense of the Read more...
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Noori Jam Tamachi is a popular love tale of Prince Jam Tamachi’s falling in love with the beautiful fisherwoman Noori. Noori makes Jam very impressed with her ideal surrender and obedience which causes him to raise her above all the other proposed queens.Noori Jam Tamachi also appears in the Shah Jo Risalo and makes part of 7 famous folk romances from the province of Sindh, Pakistan. Read more...
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Malot Fort Is One of the oldest Forts In Pakistan. It is located In In Mallot Village, Jhelum Punjab Pakistan. The location of the Malot fort is about 15 kilometers westward form Katas. Here, on a hilltop is the ancient fort, which was built around 980AD. It is said that over here the last Hindu Shahi Raja Mal embraced Islam. Read more...
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Ranigat is Historical Place and it is located in Buner valley of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. ‘Rani’ is a Hindi word that means ‘Queen’ while ‘gat’ is a Pashto word which means a ‘huge rock’. The remains of the valley, which owes its name to the huge standing rock on the top of the mountain that shoulders the ruins, can be seen from Read more...
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Also one of the most significant gates in Lahore, it is named after the city. Till today, several people come and visit the place to relish the scrumptious ‘desi’ cuisine offered inside it. Haji Sahib Nahari walay, Sheikh Chathara and Sweets, are some of the famous food spots of the location. Bazaar Anarkali is also adjacent to Lahori Gate. Read more...
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Shigar Fort is a Historical Place Located In Skardu Pakistan. Located on the legendary route to the world’s second highest mountain, K-2, and known as Fong-Khar, which in the local language means the “Palace on the Rock”, Serena Shigar Fort is a unique 20 room heritage boutique hotel that offers guests the opportunity to experience the restored original architecture of Read more...
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Many would have walked around the busy streets of Anarkali in Lahore buying or window shopping. But perhaps few would have known that in one of the streets of Anakarli Bazaar lies buried Emperor Qutb ud Din Aibak, considered to be the first Muslim ruler of South Asia and builder of the famous Qutab Minar in Delhi, which is considered Read more...
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Lucky Star Chowrangi is located in Karachi, Pakistan Read more...
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The Hazuri Bagh Baradari is a baradari of white marble located in the Hazuri Bagh of Lahore. Punjab Pakistan Hazuri Bagh, lined with cloisters for mendicants and holy men, was designed as a court for the grand masjid. The Hazuri Bagh tent that dominates the center of the quad was designed by Ranjit Singh. The opposite (south) is that the Hazuri Bagh Gate, that was Read more...
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