Ali Moeen Nawazish

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Ali Moeen Nawazish is a Pakistani student notable for passing 23 A-levels, a world record.  He got 21 As, a B, and a C. Nawazish has graduated from Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Nawazish was born in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, and lived most of his life there. Both of his parents work as doctors.  He studied at St Mary’s Academy and Roots School System during his General […]

Abdul Qadeer Khan

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Abdul Qadeer Khan  (Urdu: ڈاکٹر عبد القدیر خان ; born: April 1, 1936), also respectively known in Pakistan as Mohsin-e-Pakistan (in Urdu: محسن پاکِستان; lit: Savior of Pakistan), FPAS, DEng, ScD, HI,NI (twice); more widely known as Dr. A. Q. Khan, is a Pakistani nuclear scientist and a metallurgical engineer, colloquially regarded as the founder of HEU based Gas-centrifuge uranium enrichment programme for Pakistan’s integrated atomic bomb project.[2] Founded and established the Kahuta Research Laboratories (KRL) in 1976, he was both […]

Dr. Abdus Salam

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Mohammad Abdus Salam, was a Pakistani theoretical physicist and Noble laureate in Physics for his work on the electroweak unification of the electromagnetic and weak forces. Salam, Sheldon Glashow and Steven Weinberg shared the 1979 Nobel prize for this discovery.  Salam holds the distinction of being the first Pakistani and the first Muslim Nobel Laureate to receive the prize in the sciences.   Abdus Salam Museum dedicated to the life of Salam […]

Babar Iqbal

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Babar Iqbal (Urdu: بابراقبال; born 2 March 1997 in Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan) is a young I.T. prodigy from Pakistan  who started computer programming at the age of 5. He came to prominence by becoming the youngest Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) in the world at the age of 9, as well as obtaining the record of being the youngest CIWA aged 9, Youngest […]

Arfa Abdul Karim

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Arfa Abdul Karim Randhawa (Urdu: ارفع کریم رندهاوا‎, 2 February 1995 – 14 January 2012) was a Pakistani student and computer prodigy, who in 2004 at the age of nine years became Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP), the youngest in the world until 2008. She was invited by Bill Gates to visit the Microsoft Headquarters in the USA. A science park in Lahore was named after her, the Arfa Software […]

Abdul Sattar Edhi

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Abdul Sattar Edhi, NI (Urdu: عبد الستار ایدھی, Gujarati: અબ્દુલ સત્તાર ઇદી), or Maulana Edhi, http://www.edhi.org/ is a Pakistani philanthropist known for international humanitarian work. He is the founder and head of Edhi Foundation, a non-profit social welfare program in Pakistan. Together with his wife, Bilquis Edhi, he received the 1986 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service. He is also the recipient of the Lenin Peace Prize and the Balzan […]

Moen jo daro

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Mohenjo-daro (pronounced [muˑənⁱ dʑoˑ d̪əɽoˑ], lit. Mound of the Dead, Sindhi: موئن جو دڙو), is an archeological site situated in the province of Sindh, Pakistan. Built around 2600 BC, it was one of the largest settlements of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization, and one of the world’s earliest majorurban settlements, existing at the same time as the civilizations of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Crete. Mohenjo-daro was abandoned in […]

Taxila

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Taxila (Urdu: ٹیکسلا) is a Tehsil in the Rawalpindi District of Punjab province of Pakistan. It is an important archaeological site. Taxila is situated about 32 km (20 mi) northwest of Islamabad Capital Territory and Rawalpindi in Panjab; just off the Grand Trunk Road. Taxila lies 549 metres (1,801 ft) above sea level. [nggallery id=58] The city dates back to the Gandhara period and contains the ruins of the Gandhāran city of Takṣaśilā which was an important Hindu and Buddhist centre, and […]

KGS win Harvard Model UN award

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KARACHI: The Karachi Grammar School Model United Nations team won Best Large Delegation at the annual Harvard Model United Nations conference. The conference was hosted by Harvard University in Beijing, China from March 15 to March 18. Some 1,200 students from over 25 countries participated in the international conference. KGS’s 10 student team was the only […]

Pakistani honoured with UN Global Educator Award

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KARACHI:  The 7th Annual United Nations Conference on Teaching Peace and Human Rights  concluded on Friday with renowned educationalist Parveen Kassim, Chairperson International Schools Educational Olympiad and Principal Karachi High School, winning the Global Educators’ award from Pakistan. Gathering teachers, administrators, future leaders and non-governmental organizations on a single platform to acknowledge leadership in education from […]

Ladyfinger Peak

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Bublimotin, Bubli Motin, Bublimating orLadyfinger Peak, is a distinctive rock spire in the Batura Muztagh, the westernmost subrange of the Karakoram range in Pakistan. It lies on the southwest ridge of the Ultar Sar massif, the most southeasterly of the major groups of the Batura Muztagh. The whole massif rises precipitously above the Hunza Valley to the southeast. Bublimotin, while having little prominence above the saddle with nearby Hunza Peak, […]

Balti Fort

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Baltit Fort or Balti Fort is an ancient fort in the Hunza valley in the Northern Areas of Pakistan. [nggallery id=69] In former times survival of the feudal regimes of Hunza was ensured by the impressive Baltit fort, that sit on top of Karimabad. The foundations of the fort are said to date back around 700 years, but there have been rebuilds and alterations over the centuries. […]

Passu Village, est.5000BC

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Passu is a village on the Karakoram Highway, beside the Hunza River, some 15 km from Gulmit, the Tehsil Headquarter of Gojal in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan, and about 150 km upriver from Gilgit. It lies very near the tongue of the Passu Glacier, and just south of the tongue of the Baturaglacier. The latter is the fifth longest non-polar glacier in […]

Biafo Glacier

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The Biafo Glacier is a 63 km (39 mi) long glacier in the Karakoram Mountains of the Northern Areas, Pakistan which meets the 49 km (30 mi) long Hispar Glacier at an altitude of 5,128 m (16,824 ft) at Hispar La (Pass) to create the world’s longest glacial system outside the polar regions. This highway of ice connects two ancient mountain kingdoms, Nagar (immediately south of Hunza) in the west with Baltistan in the east. The traverse uses […]

Khewra Salt Mines

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Khewra Salt Mines is a salt mine located in Khewra, Jhelum District, Punjab in Pakistan, about 160 kilometres (99 mi) from Islamabad and 260 kilometres (160 mi) from Lahore. It attracts up to 40,000 visitors per year and is the second largest salt mine in the world. Situated in the foothills of the Salt Range, the Khewra Salt Mines are the oldest in the South Asia. [nggallery id=72] Salt has […]

Chaukhandi

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The Chaukhandi (Urdu: چوکنڈی) tombs are situated 29 km (18 mi) east of Karachi on N-5 National Highway near Landhi Town in Pakistan. The Chaukhandi tombs are remarkable for the elaborate and exquisite stone carving. [nggallery id=76] The style of architecture is typical only to the region of Sindh, and unique in that it is found nowhere else in the Islamic world. Generally, the elements are attributed to Jokhio (also spelt […]

Makli

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One of the largest necropolises in the world, with a diameter of approximately 8km. Makli Hill is supposed to be the burial place of some 125,000 local rulers, Sufi saints and others. It is located on the outskirts of Thatta, the capital of lower Sind until the seventeenth century, in what is the southeastern province of present-day Pakistan. It was inscribed on the World Heritage List […]

Malam Jabba

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Malam Jabba (also Maalam Jabba, Urdu: مالم جبہ) is a Hill Station in the Karakoram mountain range nearly 40 km from Saidu Sharif in Swat Valley, Peshawar, Pakistan. It is 314 km from Islamabad and 51 km from Saidu Sharif Airport. [nggallery id=84] Malam Jabba is home to the only ski resort in Pakistan.The area also contains two Buddhist stupas and six monasteries that are scattered around the resort. The presence of the monuments at […]

Kaghan

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Kaghan (Urdu: کاغان) is a small town and union council of the Balakot Tehsil, in Mansehra District Of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan . It has a reputation as a place of great natural beauty. The town of Naran can be approached from Kaghan via a metaled road within an hour, besides the road is the […]

Thar Desert

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The Thar Desert (Rajasthani: थार मरुधर, Hindi:थार मरुस्थल, Urdu (Urdu: تھر صحرا ) is a large, arid region in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent and forms a natural boundary running along the border between India and Pakistan. With an area of more than 200,000 km2 (77,000 sq mi),[1] it is the world’s 9th largest subtropical desert. [nggallery id=96] In Pakistan, the desert covers eastern Sindh province and the southeastern portion of […]

Cholistan Desert

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Desert (Urdu: صحرائے چولستان, also locally known as Rohi) sprawls thirty kilometers from Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan and covers an area of 26,300 km². It adjoins the Thar Desert extending over to Sindh and into India. [nggallery id=97] The word Cholistan is derived from the Turkish word Chol, which means Desert. Cholistan thus means Land of the Desert. The people of Cholistan lead a semi-nomadic life, moving from […]

Trango Towers

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The Trango Towers are a group of dramatic granite spires located on the north side of theBaltoro Glacier, in Baltistan, a district of the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan (formerlyNorthern Areas). They are part of the Baltoro Muztagh, a subrange of the Karakoram range. The Towers offer some of the largest cliffs and most challenging rock climbing in the world. The highest point in the group is the summit of Great Trango Tower at […]

The Citadel (Lahore Fort)

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The Lahore Fort, locally referred to as Shahi Qila (Punjabi, Urdu: شاہی قلعہ) is citadel of the city of Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. It is located in the northwestern corner of the Walled City of Lahore. The trapezoidal composition is spread over 20 hectares. [nggallery id=99] Origins of the fort go as far back as antiquity, however, the existing base structure was built during the reign of Mughal Emperor Akbar between 1556–1605 and was […]

Mud volcanoes

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The term mud volcano or mud dome are used to refer to formations created by geo-excreted liquids and gases, although there are several different processes which may cause such activity. Hot water mixes with mud and surface deposits. Mud volcanoes are associated with subduction zones and about 700 have been identified. Temperatures are much cooler in these processes than found […]

Worlds largest Fort and the Great wall of Sindh(not China :P)

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Ranikot Fort Sindhi: رني ڪوٽ in Sindh, Pakistan, is the world’s largest fort with a circumference of approximately 26 km or 16 miles.  Since 1993, it has been on the tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.  [nggallery id=101] It has an approximate diameter of 6 km. Its walls are on the average 6 meters high and are made of gypsum and lime cut sandstone and total […]

A Desert Above the Clouds in Pakistan-skardu desert

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A desert 10,000m above the sea level. At Skardu, (Urdu: سکردو, Hindi: स्कर्दू, Balti: སྐརདུ་་ from Tibetan (Balti): skar rdo སྐར་རྡོ་ – “star stone, meteorite”), is the main town of the region Baltistan and the capital of Skardu District, one of the districts making up Pakistan’s Gilgit Baltistan. [nggallery id=102] This is one of the most beautiful tourists attraction of Northern areas of Pakistan. There are huge sand plains […]

Dhulli, Bagh, Azad Kashmir

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The Area of district bagh is 1368 sq. km. having projected population estimated in 1994 about 0.443 million. Topographically this district falls into mountainous zone. [nggallery id=29] Administratively, district bagh has three sub-divisions namely Bagh, Dheer kot and havaily. This district resembles to district poonch in all means due to its history, culture, customs and […]

Chitral

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Chitral or Chetrar (Urdu: چترال) (Khowar:چھترار) (Persian: چیترال‎), translated as field in the native language Khowar, is the capital of the Chitral District, situated on the western bank of the Kunar River (also called Chitral River), in Pakistan. The town is at the foot of Tirich Mir, the highest peak of the Hindu Kush, 25,289 […]

Ziarat

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Ziarat (Urdu: زیارت) is the capital of Ziarat District, Balochistan, Pakistan.[1] It is located at 30°22’47N 67°43’38E with an altitude of 2543 metres (8346 ft)[2] and is a famous holiday resort of Balochistan and nearly every trip from Karachi to Quetta stops at Ziarat. Ziarat (literally ziarat is an Islamic shrine) was the summer residence of the chief commissioner of Baluchistan, and sanatorium for the European troops at Quetta: 8,850 ft (2,700 m). […]

Shangri-la

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Shangrila Lake or Lower Kachura Lake is a part of the Shangrila resort located at a drive of about 20 minutes from Skardu (nearly 2,500 m or 8,200 feet) town. [nggallery id=104] It is a popular tourist destination, and has a unique restaurant that is built on the fuselage of an aircraft that had crashed nearby. Shangrila was established in 1983 with the […]

Hunza Valley

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The Hunza Valley (Burushaski: ہنزہ, Urdu: ہنزہ) is a mountainous valley in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan. The Hunza valley is situated to the north of the Hunza River, at an elevation of around 2,500 metres (8,200 ft). The territory of Hunza is about 7,900 square kilometres (3,100 sq mi). Aliabad is the main town with Karimabad as a popular tourist destination because of the spectacular […]

Astore Valley

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Astore Valley (el. 2,600 m (8,500 ft)) is now located in Astore District in the autonomous Pakistani regions of Gilgit-Baltistan,previously in the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir. The valley, adjoining the eastern side of mountain Nanga Parbat, is about 120 km (75 mi) long, having area of 5,092 km2 (1,966 sq mi). [nggallery id=33] The entrance of the valley is located about 60 km southeast of Gilgit with […]

Hanna Urak

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Urak is a valley surrounded by mountains in the province of Balochistan in Pakistan. It is located near Hana Lake, and 21 kilometres from Quetta City.[1] [nggallery id=34] Urak has a population of 10,000 and about 100% are Pashtun. This valley is used for growing apple trees of good quality and few other fruits. It has a small waterfall in the end from where the Walli […]

Daman e koh

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Daman-e-Koh is a viewing point and hill top garden north of Islamabad And located in the middle of the Margalla Hills. Its name is a conjunction of Urdu & Persian words: Daman, which means center and Koh, which means hill. Daman-e-Koh therefore meaning center of the hill. [nggallery id=35] It is about 2400ft from sea level and almost […]

Clifton Beach

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Clifton Beach or Seaview is a beach in Karachi, Pakistan located on the Arabian Sea. It is one of the neighborhoods of Clifton, Saddar Town. It was the world’s most popular silver-sand beach and health resort during 20th century[citation needed] but in 2003 it was affected by an oil spill.[1] The beach has attractions for families and tourists, including beachside horse and camel rides, […]

Software development lab: Pakistan beats India and Sri Lanka to get contract

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In a move that would help spur the already booming development of IT content, Pakistan has beaten off competition from regional countries to bag World Bank’s contract for setting up a research lab for mobile software development including apps, The Express Tribune has learnt. Pakistan Software Export Board – the agency tasked with the implementation of the […]

Saidpur Village

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Saidpur is a Mughal-era village on the slopes of the Margalla Hills and located off the Hill Road to the east of Daman-e-Koh in Islamabad. The village has the footprints of various civilizations, including Gandhara, Greek, Buddhist, Mughal, Ashoka and the colonial periods, and now serving as a popular recreational spot for both local and […]

Whiz kid vows to win World Mathematics Competition again

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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Hh7ouz0z0YA]   Math is a difficult subject often shunned by children, but a 13 year old boy from Punjab, Moosa Feroz surpassed 1.5 million children from across the globe and came first in the Online World Mathematics Competition held in Australia. Moosa took the 50-minute online exam, scoring 4405 points, becoming the math champion of […]

Islamabad

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Islamabad (Urdu: اسلام آباد Islām ābād, lit. Abode of Islam) is the capital of Pakistan and the tenth largest city in the country. Located within the Islamabad Capital Territory(ICT), the population of the city has grown from 100,000 in 1951 to 1.7 million in 2011.[2]The greater Islamabad-Rawalpindi Metropolitan Area is the third largest conurbation in […]

Faisalabad

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Faisalabad, (Urdu فیصل آباد) formerly known as Lyallpur, is the third largest metropolis in Pakistan, the second largest in the province of Punjab after Lahore, and a major industrial center in the heart of Pakistan. Before the foundation of the city in 1880, the area was very thinly populated. The population has risen from 9,171 […]

Rawalpindi

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Rawalpindi (help·info) (Urdu, Potwari, Punjabi: راولپنڈی,Rāwalpindī) is a city in the Pothohar region of Pakistan near Pakistan’s capital city of Islamabad, in the province of Punjab. Rawalpindi is the third largest city in Pakistan after Karachi and Lahore. In the 1950s, Rawalpindi was smaller than Hyderabad and Multan, but the city’s economy received a boost […]

Peshawar

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Peshāwar (help·info) (Pashto: پېښور Pekhawar/Peshawar, Hindko: پِشور Pishor, Urdu: پشاور), is the capital of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa[2] and the administrative centre (and the central business hub) for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. [nggallery id=62] Peshawar is situated in a large valley near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, between the eastern edge of […]