Peshawar

Takht-i-Bahi Buddhist Monastery in Pakistan

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Takht-i-Bahi or bai Buddhist Monastery in Pakistan

When visiting Pakistan, you cannot miss out on going to the ancient buddhist monastery, the Takht-i-Bahi, which translates to throne of the water spring. It is located in Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan and dates all the way back to the 1st Century CE. By the 1980’s, the Takht-i-Bahi was listed as the UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The Takht-i-Bahi is so well known because it is one of the last surviving Buddhist sites in that region, where it escaped destruction by several Gurjaras and Hun invasions; one of the greatest migrations of of Central Asian nomadic tribes in the history of Pakistan. Read More

Quetta

The Gwadar Port and City

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aerial view of gawadar city

Gwadar Port is situated on the Arabian Sea in the city of  Gwadar that is in the Balochistan province in Pakistan. On the port, there is the prominent Chinese-Pakistan Economic Corridor plan that is highly regarded as one of the most important economic links to ambitious project of Belt and Road Initiative of Chinese Government.

In the year 1954, Gwadar’s potential to become a deep sea port was noted. At that time, the city was still under the Omani suzerainty rule, and for that particular reason, no plans for construction were realized until in the year 2007 when it was officiated by Pervez Musharaf after not less than four years of construction which cost the state $248 million. Read More

Crafts

40% Of Soccer Balls Are Produced in a Single City – You’ll Never Guess

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Soccer’s international presence is genuinely indescribable. No matter what section of the world you are in, soccer is being played within a few street blocks. Of course, soccer isn’t the sport’s name everywhere. But regardless of what it’s called, the fundamental nature of soccer – kicking a ball in an attempt to score on the opposite team’s goal – is an idea that has existed for ages. The sport is arguably the world’s most popular because of its accessibility. Even the most under developed of the places one  can find a way to play soccer, and this makes it an infinitely more obtainable source of entertainment than American football, or even baseball or basketball. However, even soccer, the sport of everyone, required one crucial element: the soccer ball. Read More

Gilgit

Altit Fort – A Fort of Majestic Splendor

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View of Silk Road from the Altit Fort Hunza

If you’re looking to take a cultural side trip from the urban milieu and want a breathtaking adventure to write home about, visiting Altit Fort in Pakistan is a must-see opportunity. Altit, meaning “this side down”, stands eternal watch over the Hunza mountain range, a jagged peaked series of snow-crested mountains in north eastern Pakistan. Situated at the convergence of the Hunza and Nagar valleys, the fort was used as a strategic choke point for reconnaissance and defense, and helped the ruling Mir family defend invasions from China and the Kievan Rus. Read More

Karachi

Makli Necropolis in Pakistan

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Tomb of Diwan Shurfa Khan at Makli sindh

A UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1981, the Makli Necropolis sits just outside of Thatta, Pakistan. It is one of the world’s largest funerary sites and is perhaps the largest necropolis in the entire world. It stretches for an area of nearly 10sq.km. (3.86sq.mi.) and is home to anywhere between half a million to a million tombs. It is estimated that among the cemetery’s residents, nearly 125,000 of them were saints who belonged to the Muslim religion. The tombs were built over a long span of time, about a period of 400 years by the Sindh civilization between the 14th and 18th centuries. The site is a historical landmark within the Sufi faith, otherwise known as Islamic mysticism or “the inward dimension of Islam.” Read More

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