Asian Games, also known officially as Asiad, is an event of multi-sport activities which is held after every four years. Athletes of the Asian continent participate in this event. Asian Games have been hosted by nine nations of the continent as yet. Total of 44 different sports have been played in the history of Asian Games which includes the Games ...Read More »
Traveling from the seashores of Sindh and Balochistan to the peaks of Karakoram Range, You will find Pakistan as one beautiful and charming country of this world. With Allah blessed scenery, Pakistan gives extreme sports fan superb openings for gliding. Gliding is an entertaining activity and bloodthirsty air sport in which pilots fly a plane without an engine – elevated for ...Read More »
Northern parts of Pakistan are contingent on the most beautiful lakes and mountains. These parts are considered as the best tourist attraction and tourists of the world love to visit these parts. The lakes there offer attractive scenes making one’s visit more adventurous and Satpara Lake is one of them. It is located near Skardu. The lake is fed by ...Read More »
Sutlej River is one of those rivers, which are located in the province of Punjab. Among these five popular rivers of Punjab, Sutlej is considered as the largest. The river flows in both India and Pakistan and also makes its way through Punjab’s crossroad region. Sutlej River originates from Himalayan’s North Slope in Tibet. It joins River Chenab at Bahawalpur ...Read More »
Sikandar Shah Suri did not resist Akbar and heartened him to march forward and expand his Empire. Defeat of Hemu, the Hindu king in the Second Battle of Panipat in 1556 accelerated this desire. Victory over Sikandar Shah strengthened the military position of Akbar as his artillery and 1500 trained elephants were captured by Akbar. Already armed with 500 elephants ...Read More »
Maham Anaga, the lady who fostered one of the greatest Mughal Emperors from the cradle to the throne was a power crazy woman whose influential role in the royal court of Akbar is denoted as “Petticoat Government”. The tutelage of Bairam Khan, the guardian of Akbar was ended up after a coup. Akbar had shared his secret ploy to make ...Read More »
Though Akbar followed the Central System derived from Delhi Empire but he amended some departments according to the need of the day. His administration ran as under: Mir Bakhshi was the Army Chief responsible for battles and defense against enemies along with informing the Emperor about military developments, needs, and perils. Mir Saman performed the duties of handling Harem and the household. ...Read More »
Jalaluddin Akbar is credited and discredited at the same time with his religious tolerance and fostering relations with Hindu Rajputs through inter-marriages. The policy of diplomacy aimed at having good terms with the adverse tribes and castes and strengthening the Mughal Empire. On the contrary, Hindu Rajputs took it as stigma on their caste and bade good bye to their ...Read More »
Mujaddid Alif Sani (the reviver of the second millennium), one of the early religious reformers in India was born on June 26, 1564. A firm opponent to the Infallibility Decree in 1579 and Din-e-Elahi in 1581 propounded by Akbar, Sheikh Ahmad Sirhindi challenged the divine status of Akbar’s initiatives taken to create a religious harmony in the opponent cults of ...Read More »
Mughal Era enjoys a special status in Indo-Pak history for nurturing Art and Architecture in India. The first two kings of the Empire could not pay attention to the art and architecture in their short-lived tenures. But Jalal-ud-Din Akbar, after pacifying the revolts and perils to the crown, fostered the architecture and art to his full. Surprisingly enough, being an illiterate, ...Read More »
