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Haji Sir Abdullah Haroon

Quaid-e-Azam with Sir Abdullah Haroon

 Haji Sir abdullah haroon was one of the most important political figures in Sindh and a businessman of extraordinary precise. Haji Sir Abdullah Haroon was born in Karachi in 1872. He was brought up with strained circumstances by his widowed mother as he was an orphan since childhood. He worked as a hawker to support his family. Although he had ...Read More »

How to make Biryani

how to make biryani

Biryani !! so tempting as heard. All of us know about the deliciousness of this magnificent dish. It makes our parties, dinners, get-together,  weddings and all other traditional and non-traditional occasions so special. We try to serve this fantastic dish to our special guests and expect to be served with when invited. There are many types of Biryani, differ from region to region for example ...Read More »

Fort Sangni

Fort Sangni

Fort Sangni, almost one hundred and Seventy years old fort, is located near Village Bewal of Rawalpindi District. It is surrounded by hills from three sides and was an ideal location according to the defense point of view. People say that Bewal looks like Mirpur of Azad Jammu and Kashmir due to its scenic view. Right before entering the village, ...Read More »

Cantt Station

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Transportation plays a very important role in any nation’s development and if any nation works constantly on making transportation better, it assures that nation will grow faster then any other nation. When colonials ruled over the Indo-Pak, the colonial administration worked on transportation resources so that they could transfer their goods and passengers more quickly. At that time, they introduced ...Read More »

Lady Hidayatullah

Lady Hidayatullah

Real name of Lady Ghulam Hussain Hidayatulla was Sugrah Begum. She born in a feudal family of Shikarpur in 1904. Begum Sughra got the liberal education of religion, Sindhi, Urdu and elementary English. She grew up in a strict purdah as other women of her family used to observe pardah as well. In 1919, she was just 15 years old ...Read More »

BISE Lahore

BISE Lahore

The secondary and intermediate education is under governmental body called Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE). After the independence of Pakistan, University of the Punjab was responsible for conducting the Matriculation and Intermediate level examinations. The board of secondary education, Punjab was established in province at Lahore after through the circulation of the Punjab University Act Ordinance 1954. In ...Read More »

Tollinton Market

tollinton market.

Tollinton Market, today nevertheless a shadow of formerly outstanding structure, is located to the east of the Lahore Museum, crossways Punjab Public Library Road. This structure was built to hold the first significant showcase of Punjab’s arts and trades. This structure is of great importance in tracking the urban history of Lahore. In 1864 as an outcome of the industrial ...Read More »

Pakistan Post

Pakistan Post

Pakistan post is a government project that is established to provide the public services and postal products to the people in Pakistan. The largest and oldest postal service in Pakistan is Pakistan post. Motto of Pakistan post is “serving everyone, everyday, everywhere”. Since 1947, department of post and telegraph worked under the same Ministry of Communication. On August 15, 1947, ...Read More »

Sir Charles James Napier 1782-1853

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The first governor of Sindh from 1843-7, Sir Charles Napier belonged to a distinguished British family. He was born in London and grew up in Ireland where his military father, sixth son of sixth Lord Napier was garrisoned. In 1812, Lt. Col Charles Napier took part in war against U.S. in Bermuda. In 1838, he was promoted to General and ...Read More »

Mangla Dam

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Mangla Dam is situated in Mirpur, Azad Kashmir and is built on River Jhelum. It is 138 meters high and possesses the length of 3,140 meter, which makes its capacity area of 5,880,000 acre/ft. Because of its capacity, it is known as 16th largest dam in the world. The foundation stone of Mangla Dam was laid in 1961 and it ...Read More »

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