Book Review by Fiona Torrens-Spence
Author: Fauzia Minallah
In the past travel writers have been dismissive of Islamabad, passing it off as ’sterile’ and ‘dull’; somewhere to be got through before visiting the real Pakistan. And the local joke ‘Islamabad, twenty minutes from Pakistan’ also belittles the country’s capital city by implying it is essentially foreign to [...]
Found this racy travel account here - the pictures are stunning and the narrative right from the heart and informal.
Our friend Kelly Cordes, who tests gear and writes copy for us, went
climbing in the Charakusa Valley of Pakistan last summer and sent us
some photos to share. Though Kelly and his climbing partner, Scott
DeCapio, were unsuccessful [...]
– Mahmood Aslam Pakistan
Dear friend of heritage and history,
Good news…
Due to your prayers and great efforts government of NWFP has now decided to save most of the buildings which are included in this stream..
Please spread the word among your contacts , friends and media men, so that the way they stopped looting of Patriata forest [...]
From the daily DAWN
CHITRAL, Jan 21: The local population has been educated and made aware of the global importance of the protection of the endangered snow leopard as a result of which people are now much more sensitive about the issue, an official of the Snow Leopard Project (SLP) has said.
Talking to Dawn here on [...]
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