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Peshawri Chappal

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Someone said that footwear highlights your personality and a costly dress can low down your personality if you are not wearing equally valuable footwear that could be the shoes, sandals, or a chappal. Peshawar is the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa an old and historically very valuable city of Pakistan. If we break the whole word “PESHAWAR” in two parts ...Read More »

Hanna Lake

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Hanna lake is one the main attractions in Quetta city. It’s the ideal place for holiday makers. Hanna Lake is situated near Hanna Udak. It’s 14 km away from Quetta. Hanna Lake was developed by the British Empire in 1894 to save the rain water coming from the cheltan hills around. It is a reservoir for the water but now ...Read More »

Balochi Women Dress

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Balochi Dress for woman is one of the beautiful cultural sides of Balochistan. The Balochi Dress is attractive, in fashion, classic and very rich that a woman from any part of world can’t deny wearing it. Balochi dress is called “phashik” in Balochi language. It has heavy embroidered sleeves and borders. It has pockets which are in triangle shape. This ...Read More »

Hanna Udak

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Hanna Udak is one of the best and attractive picnic points for Quetta citizens. All the Quetta citizens visit Hanna Udak mostly in summer. It’s the place where you will find many water cannels, tube wells, Water falls and apple orchards. Hanna Udak can’t be taken as the separate picnic point with boundaries. It’s a Valley surrounded by mountains and ...Read More »

Makran – the makran coast

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Makran is half desert, half coastal area. Makran is one of the rich and amazing coasts it is situated by the side of Arabian Sea and the gulf of Oman. Makran is not the single coastal area but it’s the combination of three districts of Ketch, Gawadar and Panjgur. The name Makran has its history. It’s derived from word Maka. ...Read More »

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

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Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan is known to be one of the greatest singers sub-continent has ever known. The early start of Nusrat was from Qawwali style of singing. He is also known as Shahenshah-e-Qawwali. Nusrat was born in Faisalabad Pakistan and gave his first performance at just 16 years of age. It goes without saying that Nusrat struggled very hard ...Read More »

Hafeez Jalandhari

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Abu Al Asr Hafeez Jalandhari, a well known name in the history of Pakistan, a poet, writer, philosopher and active participant of the Pakistan Movement before partition. Hafeez Jalandhari was born in Jalandhar, British India on January 14, 1900. Son of Shams-ud-din, who was Hafiz-e-Quran, Hafeez Jalandhari got his early education at a mosque and later on he was sent ...Read More »

Allan Faqeer

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Allan Fakir, one of the most recognized folk singers, was born on 1932 in the ancient Aamri village, Taluka Manjhand, Jamshoro, District, Sindh, Pakistan. Known as one of the foremost exponents of sufi music in Pakistan, Allan Fakir belonged to the Mangrasi tribe. The tribe of Mangarhars are believed to bring happiness and welcomed on celebratory occasions for the gift ...Read More »

Punjabi – Traditional Dresses

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Dresses are not mere clothing but symbolize tradition, culture and life style of a particular group of people which in the end represents a nation. Even the dimensions, fabric and embellishment of dresses can indicate some of the demographics of a nation. Punjabi dress for men comprises Pagri, Kurta and dhoti. A Pagri or turban is an unstitched plain clothing of ...Read More »

Sarhadi – Pashtun Dress

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The Pashtun (Sarhadi) Dress belongs to people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (NWFP) province of Pakistan. Both males and females wear Shalwar Kameez there. Male uses Pakol (Pakul or Khapol) which is rounded topped hat made up of soft wool. For wearing it requires rolling from sides to form a band which helps to rest it on the head just like cap. ...Read More »

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