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‘YASMEEN LARI’ An Architect, Conservationist and Architectural Historian

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Yasmeen Lari is the first woman architect of Pakistan. After schooling at Lahore, Pakistan, she graduated from Oxford School of Architecture (Oxford Brookes University) and was elected Member of Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in 1969. In recognition of her services to the architectural profession and heritage conservation, she has been awarded Sitara-e-Imtiaz by Government of Pakistan, and has received UN Recognition Award 2002 for promotion of culture and peace. Her profile has been published by UNESCO among 60 women internationally who have contributed most towards its objectives.... [Read the full story]

Music

Arshad Mehmood

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Arshad Mehmood is a Pakistani actor, music composer and singer. He is best known for his acting roles in popular Pakistani TV drama serials such as Aangan Terha and Dhoop Kinare and the music composition of many popular Ghazals from the poetry of Faiz Ahmed Faiz Acting career Arshad Mehmood is perhaps best known for his acting role in Aangan Terha, a popular TV drama serial. He also played a secondary but important role of “Baba” (Dr Ahmer’s foster father) in the drama serial Dhoop Kinare. Other acting performance includes Ankahi. Music composition Arshad Mehmood has composed... [Read the full story]

Creative Art

Multani Art & Craf

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There are 18 different Craftsmen & Women in the market. Now let us get some information about their art or Craft Entering the hall, there is a shop of Multani Embroidery where Rasheeda Begum is present her family has been associated with the embroidery of Multan for three generation. Women in this part have been making a special form of embroidery called “Multani Embroidery” Since ancient times. Women do this work with hand and needle. This work is the cultural identity of Multan.Rasheeda Begum Has won many Lok varsa awards. Next is the shop of “Crochet” where... [Read the full story]

Events

United Youth Conference

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The United Youth Conference (UYC) has been planned keeping in mind the dense yet latent potential in the youth of Pakistan. It aims to provide the youth with the paraphernalia of leading a successful life in all parts of the society, without forming discrimination of the basis of geographical or ethnic backgrounds. UYC, as the name suggests, intends to unite the youth of Pakistan for working towards a common goal; the better of our motherland. This is the best opportunity to equip you with the tools such as communication skills, teamwork, character building and most importantly... [Read the full story]

Books

The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan

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By Yasmin Khan The partition of India in 1947 promised its people both political freedom and a future free of religious strife. Instead, the geographical divide effected an even greater schism of the population, benefiting the few at the expense of the very many, exposing huge numbers of the population to devastating consequences. Thousands of women were raped, at least one million people were killed and ten to fifteen times that number forced to leave their homes as refugees. It was among the first, most significant and bloodiest events of decolonization in the twentieth... [Read the full story]

Travel Guides

Hanna Lake

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Hanna Lake a delightful picnic spot near Quetta city in Pakistan and is one of the main attractions in the city. The lake is located a little short of the place where the Urak Valley begins and 10 km from Quetta. The greenish-blue waters of the lake provide a rich contrast to the sandy brown of the hills in the background. Golden fish in the lake comes swimming right up to the edge of the lake. There is a lakeside restaurant with picnic tables shaded by pine trees. At one end, the irrigation dam rises out of the depths like battlements of a fort. The turquoise waters of the lake provide a rich... [Read the full story]

Architecture

Mochi Gate,Lahore

The Mochi Gate locally known as Mochi Darwaza (موچی دروازہ) is located within the Walled City of Lahore in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Mochi Gate is a historical gate built by the Mughals. It is at the site of one of the thirteen gates of the old walled city of Lahore.The Darwaza (Gate) used to exist next...

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Alamgiri Gate

The Alamgiri Gate (عالمگيرى دروازا), built in 1673 A.D., is the main entrance to the Lahore Fort in present day Lahore, Pakistan. It was constructed to face west towards the Badshahi Mosque in the days of the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. The monumental gateway is an imposing vestibule flanked by two semi-circular...

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Quaid-e-Azam house Museum

Located directly opposite the contemporary tower of Avari Towers Hotel on the border of Civil Lines and Cantonment, well set back from the road and partially concealed by enormous banyan trees,is this charming building which was earlier known as Flag staff house.This sprawling property is located in Karachi...

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