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A man flies a kite at sunset after a day-long kite flying festival, locally known as 'Basant', in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore, 09 February 2003, as officials said around 100,000 people from inside and outside the country had arrived in the city to celebrate the occasion. Two people died and more than 100 were injured during the annual kite flying festival marking the advent of spring in Pakistan. Public parks and rooftops were crowded with revellers celebrating the festival which started with music concerts and dinner parties organized privately or as public events late Saturday.

Pakistan's Basant Festival

The ancient eastern city of Lahore marks the beginning of spring with the Basant carnival, an org...

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Pakistani paramilitary troopers with their Indian counterparts lower down their respective national flags at the Joint Check Post (JCP) at the Wagah border crossing between Pakistan and India.

Theater of War Every Evening at the Pakistan-India Border

WAGAH, Pakistan, May 28, 2003 - The clunk of heavy boots, glowering looks, aggressive snorts and ...

India / Pakistan AFP/Jean-Herve Deiller

Indian actresses Kareena Kapoor (L), Esha Doel (C) and Ranee Mukherjee (R) are in the Indian movie 'Line Of Control'.

Bollywood's Line of Control

The 1999 Kargil conflict between India and Pakistan which claimed 1,000 lives is being brought to...

India / Pakistan AFP/Shail Kumar Singh

A Pakistani shop-owner arranges Indian cosmetics at his shop in the 'Indian bazaar' in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore.

Lahore's 'Indian bazaar'

Traders in the "Indian bazaar" in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore are buoyed by hopes their ...

Pakistan AFP/Jalilur Rehman

An Indian Kashmiri artesan makes a basket to contain a Kanger, a small clay pot suspended in a basket for carrying burning charcoal underneath overcoats during the winter months.

Kashmir's traditional heating pot loses out to modern gadgets

SRINAGAR, India, Dec 18, 2003 - The traditional pot used for centuries by people in Kashmir to ke...

India / Pakistan AFP/Izhar Wani

Making for the Hills

I remember exclaiming with awe when I woke up in Simla (or Shimla, as it is often spelled and pro...

Myanmar / Indonesia / Sri Lanka Kenneth Champeon

The Gate of Friendship at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.

Pakistan-Afghanistan's 'Gate of Friendship'

CHAMAN, Pakistan, May 13, 2003 - It was supposed to unite, instead it divides: the "Gate of Frien...

Afghanistan / Pakistan AFP/Jean-Herve Deiller

Basic Introduction: It is a city that lies at the edge of world famous desert: Thar. Part of this...

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The Grand Mosque

Thatta, Pakistan, was once a glorious city. It had been the capital of Sindh in the past and at l...

Pakistan Ameer Hamza

There is some old world beauty about this city; and it is fantastic. Off course, I am talking abo...

Pakistan Ameer Hamza

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Birdwatching in Islamabad, Pakistan

Just 10 minutes drive from the centre of this Pakistani capital, there are mountains and wetlands...

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The Sound of One Civilization Clashing

* * * * * Review of V. S. Naipaul's Beyond Belief: Islamic Excursions Among the Converted Peoples...

Indonesia / Malaysia / Iran Kenneth Champeon

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The Child Carpet Weavers of Pakistan

LAHORE, Pakistan, Jan 16, 2006 - After years of backbreaking, finger-stiffening toil in Pakistan'...

Pakistan AFP/Mohammed Rizwan

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Notes of a Skeptical Infidel

* * * * * Review of V.S. Naipaul's Among the Believers: An Islamic Journey , First Vintage Books,...

Indonesia / Malaysia / Iran Kenneth Champeon

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Kashmir in new fight to woo film makers

Srinagar, India, April 13, 2003 - India's picturesque state of Kashmir is offering cheap helicopt...

China / India / Pakistan AFP/Izhar Wani

Basic Introduction: Quetta is a small city towards the border with Afghanistan. It is the capital...

Pakistan Ameer Hamza

Basic Introduction: Chitori is a splendid graveyard of the past kings of Sind (the southern provi...

Pakistan Ameer Hamza

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The other Islamabad: a bird-watcher's paradise

Islamabad - it is an unlikely bird-watching destination, but many diplomats and expat workers say...

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This question looks absurd at first. But look deeper and you shall find it quite interesting - an...

Pakistan Ameer Hamza

Basic Introduction: Ranikot has no written history as such. And there are contriversies about the...

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