Monday, October 31, 2011

Pakistan In Pictures


Lahore International airport





This is the tomb of Jam Nido, a Summa ruler who reigned from 1461-1508.One of the largest necropolises in the world, with a diameter of approximately 8 kilometers, Makli Hill is supposed to be the burial place of some “125,000” Sufi saints. It is located on the outskirts of Thatta, the capital of lower Sind until the seventeenth century, in what is the southeastern province of present-day Pakistan.




 
Trees covered in spider webs in the flood-affected areas of K.N. Shah, located near Dadu in Pakistan's Sindh province, on December 7, 2010. The cocooned trees were a side-effect of spiders escaping flood waters in the area. Although people in this part of Sindh have never witnessed this phenomenon, they report there are now less mosquitoes, thus reducing the risk of malaria. (Reuters/Department for International Development/Russell Watkins)




 
Dance instructor Beatriz Franco instructs little ballerinas. –Photo by Asrad Khan






Choreographer Hasan Rizvi instructing his team of dancers during his performance. –Photo by Asrad Khan






Dance instructor Beatriz Franco looking fiery in red as she does the Flamenco. –Photo by Asrad Khan

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Pakistan in Pictures, Pictures of Pakistan, Pictures Asia

 
In this photo taken Tuesday, February 8, 2011, a Pakistani boy wrapped-up against the cold in a heavy wool shawl looks on at the Kojak pass in Pakistan. The 2,290 meter (7,513 foot) high Kojak pass is one of the main connections from Pakistan into Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)




 
People cross from Afghanistan into Pakistan at the border town of Chaman, Pakistan, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011. As many as 150,000 people cross daily between Afghanistan and Pakistan according to a Pakistani border official. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)





Visitors taking keen interest in a Chinese exhibition organized by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting in collaboration with Embassy of China in Islamabad. PHOTO:MUHAMMAD JAVAID/EXPRESS TRIBUNE




 
People of Hunza are thought to be descendants of Macedonians and Greeks who came to the region with Alexander the Great.






Pakistani Christian minority leader J. Salik sprinkles ash over his body in Islamabad on March 24, 2011, to protest the Koran burning by U.S. pastor Terry Jones. Pakistan has strongly condemned the "deliberate desecration" of the Koran by the Florida-based evangelical preacher, calling it a setback for global efforts to promote harmony. (Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images)

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Rabzon
 Neelam Valley.



Rabzon
 
Derawar Fort is an ancient fort located in Cholistan Desert in Pakistan. The Fort was built by Deoraj, a prince of Jaisalmer.




Rabzon
 
The Shah Jahan Mosque was built in the reign of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. It is located in Thatta, Sindh province.



Rabzon
 
People watch a dance performance by a man who celebrates Eid in Karachi.





Rabzon

Lahore:  Music competition.

Rabzon

Decorated truck on Karakoram highway, many trucks and buses in Pakistan are highly customized and decorated by their owners.

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Pakistan in Pictures

 
Gwadar, Balochistan.





Army rest house at Shangrila.




 
This is a shot of Mt. Tupopdan (6106m) taken at the sunset with new and old suspension HusSaini Bridge in foreground. Known as the most dangerous bridge in the world, the Hussaini Hanging Bridge is only one of many precarious rope bridges in Northern Pakistan.





LAHORE: Dwellers of huts along the bank of Ravi River play billiards outside their huts on Saturday, while buffaloes graze in the background. iqtidar zaidi





Vintage Car Rally in Lahore.

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Pakistan In Pictures

 
President Asif Ali Zardari in a meeting with the new commander of Pakistan's Naval forces, Admiral Mohamamd Asif Sandila at the Aiwan-e-Sadr in Islamabad on Wednesday, October 5, 2011.





 
2011, The Second LADIESFUND Entrepreneurship Conference was held in Karachi.




Pakistan’s capital Islamabad.



 
Lahore Museum, Gandhara Art.




Gilgit: Nanga parbat.

Monday, October 3, 2011

Pakistan In Pictures

 
Ammar Belal and Aaminah Haq. PHOTO : COURTESY CATALYST PR AND MARKETING
Karachi: The Lux Style Awards celebrated their 10th anniversary this year, and were held at the Expo Center.


 
Noore Bhatti. PHOTO : COURTESY CATALYST PR AND MARKETING



 
Ahsan Khan, COURTESY CATALYST PR AND MARKETING

 
Takht Bahi Buddhist Monastery

The Buddhist monastic complex of Takht-i-Bahi (Throne of Origins - A UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1980) is situated on top of a 152 m high hill, about 80 km from Peshawar and 16 km north-west of the city of Mardan. It was founded in the early 1st century AD, and was successively occupied and expanded from that time until it fell into disuse through the discontinuation of charitable endowments in modern times. Owing to its location on the crest of a hill, it escaped the invasions of the Huns and other antagonistic peoples, leaving it today with much of its original character intact. The name Takht-i-Bahi derives from the spring on the hilltop and is literally translated as 'Spring Throne'. By Tayyab Mir


Saif-ul-Malook, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. By Jawad Zakariya


A customer, left, takes part in an egg fighting in Quetta, on Thursday, Sept 1, 2011. The egg tapping game or egg fight is a traditional game in some parts of Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan. The rule is to hold a hard-boiled egg and tap eggs of other participants to break them but to keep your own undamaged.