The Morning After Storm: Killer Rains Hit Pakistan

Posted on July 19, 2009
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Owais Mughal A day and night long monsoon rains have left 28 people (later updated to 33+) dead in Karachi and other areas of Southern Pakistan and washed away infrastructure, including at least two bridges. 170mm rain has been recorded in the past 24 hours. Atleast one newspaper is claiming it to be the record […]

Lakhan-jo-Daro

Posted on July 18, 2009
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Agha Waseem Ahmed and Zubair Shafi Ghauri For a long while I kept listening to terminologies like Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic, Pre Indus, Mature Harrapan civilizations and so on. Though the subject was very interesting for a layman like me but I never thought of listening to such eccentric jargon when we planned to visit Lakhan […]

ATP Quiz: Pakistan’s Gift to Jackie Kennedy

Posted on July 18, 2009
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Owais Mughal Few days ago we presented this photo as an ATP photo quiz. Quite a few of our readers guessed it right. This jewellery set was presented to US’ First Lady Jackie Kennedy by then President of Pakistan, Ayub Khan on her visit to Pakistan in March 1962. This jewellery set is nowadays at […]

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