Pictures of the Day: This is what a 7-star looks like!

Posted on September 4, 2006
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Adil Najam For all of those, me included, who wondered what a 7-star hotel looks like; this is it. To find out what it feels like, you will have to wait an indefinite amount of time until this surreal StarTrek-like structure actually comes about in Islamabad. Will it? And if it does will it really […]

Pishin: Food, Fruit and History

Posted on August 31, 2006
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Guest Post by S A J Shirazi With Balochistan in the news, maybe we should also talk about the locale and the beauty of the area. Visit Pishin at this time of the year and you will find thousands of acres of fruit orchards. The rich harvest of apples, grapes, plums, peaches and apricots is […]

Garhi Shahu: The scoundrel who replaced a saint

Posted on August 24, 2006
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Guest post by Raza Noor (based on original by Majid Sheikh) The area of Garhi Shahu in Lahore has many a fond memories for me because I spent my childhood running around in its small streets. I recently found this wonderful article on Garhi Shahu written by Majid Sheikh in Dawn in 2002. This post […]

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