Article / Daily Dose / Places in Pakistan
by admin × on October 15, 2012 at 1:20 pm ×
The Mohatta Palace is located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It was built by Shivratan Chandraratan Mohatta, an ambitious self-made businessman from Marwar as his summer home in 1927. The architect of the palace was Agha Ahmed Hussain. However, Mohatta could enjoy this building for only about two decades before independence of Pakistan and he left Karachi for India. He built the Palace in the tradition of stone palaces in Rajasthan, using pink Jodhpur stone in combination with the local yellow stone from Gizri. The amalgam gave the palace a distinctive presence in an elegant [...]
Article / Creative Pakistan / Daily Dose
by admin × on October 13, 2012 at 12:59 pm ×
Paint The Change in collaboration with “I Own Karachi” is back on track. It is an initiative aimed at instilling patriotic fervour and a sense of community development amongst the masses by painting the neglected and graffiti riden walls of Karachi with illustrations and artwork depicting a positive image of Pakistan. The activity had started on the 17th of December 2009 and is in full swing these days. We would love for schools, universities and individuals to join us in [...]
Article / Daily Dose
by admin × on October 11, 2012 at 12:56 pm ×
FAISALABAD: The 11th animal (goat, ram, bull) beauty competition will be held at Lal Mills Chowk, Factory Area, on October 12. Chief organizer of animal beauty competition, Ch Ata Muhammad Gujjar said on Monday it was a regular feature to entice dealers to sell and purchase most beautiful animals for sacrifice on Eid-ul-Azha. He said that last year, a 295-kg goat and a 1,639-kg bull had won the competitions in their respective categories.The Largest Mandi of Animals of the Asia at Super [...]
Article / Daily Dose / Places in Pakistan
by admin × on October 10, 2012 at 1:35 pm ×
Lahore Museum (Punjabi: لاہور میوزیم, Urdu: لاہور عجائب گھر), was originally established in 1865-66 on the site of the hall or building of the 1864 Punjab Exhibition and later shifted to its new (present) site located on The Mall, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan in 1894. Rudyard Kipling’s father, John Lockwood Kipling, was one of the earliest and most famous curators of the museum. Over 250,000 admissions were registered in 2005. The Lahore Museum was established in 1864 in Lahore on Mall Road in front of Punjab university. the current building of Lahore Museum [...]
Articles / Daily Dose
by admin × on October 9, 2012 at 12:43 pm ×
“Thou art not a writer? Pick up a pen, flay Imran and so shalt thou become a writer”. It is really lamentable that our lettered people lack the stalwart common sense and the insight to draw a line between good and evil. Truly, without any scintilla of doubt, Imran holds their varicose nerve. Please, stop dinning false ideas into the ears of the populace. If you can’t support someone is his cause then don’t run amok in decrying his efforts. 1- Again [...]
