Rawalpindi to Sialkot by Bus, Truck and Tonga

Posted on February 19, 2009
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Owais Mughal After giving back-breaking HSc exams in 1988, a friend of mine and I decided to take a tour of Northern Pakistan. A relaxing week of mountain trekking in the ‘galliat’ was our high point. We were on our way back to Karachi when ‘lage haathoN’ (while at it) we decided to add Sialkot […]

The Swat We Knew

Posted on February 10, 2009
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Adil Najam Found this very interesting older PTV documentary on Swat (3 parts) from only a few years ago (maybe 3 or 4). Ordinarily it would not have been noteworthy. Slightly slow moving in typical PTV style. But view it today – knowing what is happening in Swat today – and tears swell up in […]

Railway Bridge on Indus at Attock

Posted on February 3, 2009
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Owais Mughal We have briefly covered Attock Bridge in our earlier posts at ATP titled: The Bridges of Pakistan and When Kabul Comes to Attock. Today’s whole post is dedicated to this great bridge’s importance in Pakistan’s Railway network, its history, salient features and its current condition. The photo of Attock Bridge above is circa […]

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