Teen Talwar aur Teen Khanjar

Posted on June 9, 2009
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Owais Mughal A mini replica of Karachi’s famous ‘teen (3) talwar‘ monument has emerged in Mirpur Khas. In the photo below Karachi’s three-sword landmark is to the left and Mirpur Khas replica to the right. What do our readers have to say about architectural copies of landmarks or architectural plagiarization?

Pakistani Plays Starfleet Captain Star Trek Movie

Posted on June 8, 2009
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Adil Najam I assume many readers have already seen the new Star Trek movie and seen Faran Tahir, an actor of Pakistani origin, who sets up the story in its first 15 minutes as a Starfleet Captain Robau, fearless leader of Starship Kelvin. Too bad that the storyline requires for him to die early on, […]

First 5000-Container Ship Berths in Pakistan

Posted on June 7, 2009
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Owais Mughal This picture post marks a mall landmark in handling shipping cargo at the Karachi port. On April 5, 2009, the first super cargo ship carrying 5000 containers arrived in Pakistan through the newly dredged 11 km long channel berthed in a new berth which has been dredged down to a depth of 14m. […]

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