Pakistan’s Century-Old Horse-Drawn Train
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 4, 2023
In 1903, a famous social activist named Ganga Ram established a unique mode of transport in his village in Faisalabad, Pakistan. It was a tr...
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The Tomb of Bibi Jawindi
Kaushik Patowary
May 14, 2022
The ancient city of Uch, founded by Alexander the Great, in Pakistan's Punjab province, is home to several funerary monuments and shrine...
Dulmial: The Village of World War Heroes
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 3, 2021
A small Pakistani village located about 150 kilometers south of Islamabad is home to a proud monument—a 19th century cannon gifted by the Br...
Astola Island: Pakistan’s Hidden Gem
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 23, 2020
About 25 km off the coast of Balochistan, in the Arabian Sea, lies a large uninhabited island about 7 km long and 2.5 km wide, with sheer wh...
Attabad Lake: The Lake Created By a Disaster
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 9, 2020
The stunning blue colors of this beautiful lake, nestled among the peaks of the Karakoram mountain range in northern Pakistan, belies its vi...
The Jingle Trucks of Pakistan
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 4, 2018
A typical Pakistani truck driver spends more time with his truck than he does with his wife. Which explains why he wants his 10-ton six-whee...
The Tree That Was Arrested
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 6, 2016
In the Landi Kotal army cantonment area in present-day Pakistan, there is a banyan tree that is kept chained to the ground as if to prevent ...
Darra Adam Khel: The Village of Illegal Gun Manufacturers
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 25, 2014
Darra Adam Khel is a small village in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, located between the city of Peshawar and Kohat. An unkemp...
Trees Cocooned in Spider Webs After Pakistan Flood
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 2, 2011
An unexpected side-effect of the flooding in parts of Pakistan last year has been that millions of spiders were driven up into the trees to ...
