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Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani appointed liberal lawmaker and former information minister Sherry Rehman as the country's new ambassador to the United States.

 

Cold Desert of Skardu in Pakistan.

This is one of the most beautiful tourist’s attractions of Northern areas of Pakistan. There are huge sand plains in Skardu. In the background you can see snow covered mountains. This is also the highest desert of the world.

 

One of the most exquisite buildings in the old city of Lahore, near Mori Gate: this is now the Victoria Girls High School but was the Haveli of Nau Nihal Singh, built by Ranjit Singh in 1838 to celebrate his grandson's marriage.

Rohri-Quetta Train Track

This is an amazing view of a tunnel and bridge over a river on the railway track from "Rohri to Quetta". This track passes through 20 tunnels and over 368 bridges.
It's the longest Railway gradient of world, and most scenic Railway ride of Asia. Source: Flickr

Volkswagen Club of Pakistan and Vintage & Classic Car Club of Pakistan rolled out their cars in Islamabad.

Visitors taking keen interest in old cars at a show of Volkswagen, Vintage and classic cars organised by the Volkswagen Club of Pakistan (VWCOP) and Vintage & Classic Car Club of Pakistan (VCCCP) at F-9 Park on Thursday. PHOTO : MUHAMMAD JAVAID/ EXPRESS TRIBUNE

A 1959 Cadillac Fleetwood on display at a vintage car show in Islamabad on Thursday November 24, 2011. PHOTO: MUHAMMAD JAVAID/ EXPRESS TRIBUNE

A 1938 Chrysler on display at a show of Volkswagen, Vintage and classic cars organized by the Volkswagen Club of Pakistan (VWCOP) and Vintage & Classic Car Club of Pakistan (VCCCP) at F-9 Park Islamabad. PHOTO : MUHAMMAD JAVAID/ EXPRESS TRIBUNE

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Karachi: The Sindh High Court.

Palas Valley, Kohistan

Palas valley is located in Kohistan District, on the left bank of the river Indus. It is bounded on the north and north-east by Jalkot valley, on the east by Kaghan, on the south by Allai and on the West by the river Indus.

Stone carved panel from Taxila.

Taxila is situated about 32 km (20 mi) northwest of Islamabad Capital Territory and Rawalpindi in Panjab; just off the Grand Trunk Road. Taxila lies 549 metres (1,801 ft) above sea level.

The city dates back to the Gandhara period and contains the ruins of the Gandhāran city of Takṣaśilā which was an important Hindu and Buddhist centre. Takṣaśilā is reputed to derive its name from Takṣa, who was the great grandson of Bharata, the brother of Rama.^[1]

Historically, Takṣaśilā lay at the crossroads of three major trade routes:

1. The uttarāpatha, the northern road—the later Grand Trunk or GT Road — the royal road which connected Gandhara in the west to the kingdom of Magadha and its capital Pāṭaliputra in the Ganges valley in the east.
2. The northwestern route through Bactria, Kāpiśa, and Puṣkalāvatī.
3. The Sindu (English: Indus river) route from Kashmir and Central Asia, via Śri nagara, Mansehra, and the Haripur valley^[2] across the Khunjerab pass to the Silk Road in the north to the Indian Ocean in the south. The Khunjerab passes between Kashmir and Xinjiang—the current Karakoram highway—and was traversed in antiquity.

A Pakistani girl watches the photographer, while standing on the muddy path of a slum during a rain day, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Cash’n’Carry Store organises Family Fiesta in Lahore:

  Alyzeh and Fia. PHOTO : COURTESY BILAL MUKHTAR EVENTS & PR

Natasha and Babloo. PHOTO : COURTESY BILAL MUKHTAR EVENTS & PR

Sara Gillani and Bilal Mukhtar. PHOTO : COURTESY BILAL MUKHTAR EVENTS & PR

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KARACHI: Country’s largest Catholic church opens (November 16, 2011  ) in Karachi’s Akhtar Colony. Saint Peter’s Church has a capaci­ty for 5,000 and will cater to 3,800 famili­es. By Samia Saleem. The Express Tribune

Hindu devotees climb towards the crater of a mud volcano to perform a ritual offering of coconuts during a pilgrimage to the Shri Hinglaj Mata Temple in Pakistan's Balochistan province, on April 24, 2011. Thousands from Pakistan and India take part in the annual four-day pilgrimage to the temple, which is a revered site for Hindus. (Reuters/Akhtar Soomro)

KARACHI: Spring blooms at the Mohatta Palace gives it a colorful look.

In 1927, Shiv Rattan Mohatta, a successfull Marwari entrepreneur, commissioned a palatial house in the affluent seaside neighbourhood of Clifton. Mohatta had made his fortune as a ship chandler and trader. The architect commissioned for his palace, Agha Ahmed Hussain, was one of the first Muslim architects of India and had come from Jaipur to take up an assignment as chief surveyor for the Karachi Muncipality. Agha Hussain Ahmed designed a number of buildings in Karachi but Mohatta Palace was to prove the coup de maitre of his professional career. Working in a Mughal revival style with a combination of locally available yellow Gizri and pink stone from Jodhpur, he sought to recreate the Anglo Moghal palaces of the Rajput princes.

  A Sikh devotee from India prays during the 542nd birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev at Nankana Sahib, some 75 kms west of Lahore, on November 10, 2011. Sikh pilgrims from different parts of the world attended the religious rituals at the shrine at Nankana Sahib, where the founder of the Sikh faith was born in 1469. PHOTO: AFP

A child rests on a pile of oranges at a fruit market in Peshawar, on March 10, 2011. (Reuters/Fayaz Aziz)

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Quaid-e-Azam Library, Lahore

Nushki Desert, Balochistan

 

A local man skis on a mountain during a four-day skiing competition at the Malam Jabba resort, 300 kilometers (190 miles) northwest of the capital Islamabad in the Swat Valley, on March 20, 2011. The competition made it seem incredible that just a few years ago Taliban fanatics blew up the ski lift, set fire to the nearby hotel, turned Malam Jabba into a training ground and plotted to bring down the government. (A. Majeed/AFP/Getty Images)

A devotee prays while standing in front of a bonfire at the shrine of Muslim saint Madhu Shah Lal Hussain in Lahore, on March 26, 2011. Hundreds of devotees are attending a three-day annual festival known as the festival of lamps to pay homage to the 16th century saint. (Reuters/Mohsin Raza)

 

Noodle House launches in Lahore. Guests at the launch of Noodle House (Ursala and Asif Kamal   ),PHOTO : COURTESY SAVVY PR

Guests at the launch of Noodle House (Rubab). PHOTO : COURTESY SAVVY PR

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The colours of Diwali in Lahore. The Diwali Festival was held at Krishna Temple situated close to Minar e Pakistan. Express Tribune/Sara Farid

 

Mithai, prayers and fireworks are a part of the Diwali festivities taking place in Lahore city.

Pakistani politician and former cricketer Imran Khan addresses a rally in Lahore on October 30, 2011. PHOTO : AFP

 

PTI supporters sloganeering at the rally in Lahore on October 30, 2011. PHOTO : NNI

PTI supporters at the Minar e Pakistan jalsa in Lahore on October 30 2011. PHOTO : INP

 

Excited PTI supporters before the jalsa began in Lahore on October 30, 2011. PHOTO : NNI

Eid Moo-Baa-rak! A decorated goat is seen at the animal market set for Muslims traditional animal sacrifice festival Eid in Islamabad on November 1, 2011. PHOTO: AFP

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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

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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)