Sunday, January 30, 2011

Pakistan in Pictures

A creation by Pakistani designer Rehana Saigol.

A creation by Pakistani designer Rehana Saigol.

Friday, January 28, 2011

Pakistan in Pictures

A Hindu woman arranges earthern lamps near to Hindu Goddesses to celebrate ‘Diwali’ the festival of lights, at her home in Lahore, Pakistan on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009. Hindus living in Pakistan are celebrating Diwali where people decorate their homes with light. – AP Photo




Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Pakistan in Pictures



Devotees light candles at the shrine of Sufi Saint Data Ganj Bakhsh in Lahore. – AFP


Devotees light lamps at the shrine of Sufi Saint Data Ganj Bakhsh in Lahore. – AFP

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Pakistan in Pictures


A model presents a creation on the last day of Bridal Couture Week, in Karachi, on April 24, 2011. PHOTO : INP/FILE



A model presents a creation on the last day of Bridal Couture Week, in Karachi, on April 24, 2011. PHOTO : INP/FILE




Pakistan is going to lose one of the most precious rock art carvings due to construction of the Diamer-Basha Dam. The proposed site of the dam hosts some 30,000 ancient art carvings and inscriptions which may vanish forever due to the construction of this reservoir.
Some of the carvings and inscriptions are more than 10,000 years old which provide a window to discover ancient lexicography, history, anthropology, culture and lifestyle of the people settled in the upper Indus area.
There is an urgent need to preserve these sites so that they remain a part of world heritage. – Photos courtesy by Harald Hauptmann / Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Germany.

Another masterpiece carving of the Buddhist era with Stupas and writings in three different languages of Kharoshti , Brahmi and Sogdian.


 The beautiful carvings of two Buddhas flanking a stupa. –. Photo courtesy of Harald Hauptmann / Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Germany.




A collage of carvings and inscriptions of different periods shows the heritage on the brink of destruction as the proposed site of the Diamer-Basha Dam hosts some 30,000 ancient art carvings and inscriptions which may vanish forever. – 3D artwork by Mufassir A. Khan


Model Zara Sheikh

Pakistan in Pictures