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^if you are going to murree....visiting Patriata is a must!!!!
you will get a chance to see forest,wild animals,birds too and most beautiful sceneries....
plus i love when chairlift goes into the clouds...you cant see anything but clouds ....amazinggg experience...
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My visit to Pakistan lasted for over 20 days but there are still many places which I did not visit .
Thanks for the beautiful thread .
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SubhanAllah, what a beauty 
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Kashmir and Northern areas would be the switzerland of Asia if only it was not under the control of Pakistan.
Why nobody is mentioning the southern parts of Pakistan?
Multan, Bahawalpur, cholistan desert, qila Derawar.
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^will post soon....working on it
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i went to pak this year my hubby took me to monal resturant most amazing veiw mind blowing its was about 6ish quite dark the light were on in islamabad city seriously amazing
i went to shadara to there they had tables and chairs in the water we ate pakore there but i wouldnt say it wasnt very hygenic because there were ducks in the water and rubbish everywhere
never been to lahore got to see foood street had dinner there
went to muree but its not the same as it used to be to many chichore ppl there burbun was better :)
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Wow this is such a nice thread and so informative! I have been to patriata, pir sohawa, khyber pass, salt mine, taxila and food street.
Your thread brings back all those memories :)
Would love to visit the rest of the places!
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went to muree but its not the same as it used to be to many chichore ppl there burbun was better :)
Unfortunately that is true. I still remember the Murree of the late 80s. It used to be such an awesome place.
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Unfortunately that is true. I still remember the Murree of the late 80s. It used to be such an awesome place.
Yeah ur rite it waz a beautiful place and stil is jus the ppl there have made a mess of it 2 many taxis drivers flowing u come wil take u 2 burban or islamabad then 4 parkin itz havoc theres men running after ur cars trying to stop wil take u this hotel wil get u parking space madness
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true! murree is a boring place now....
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Wonderful thread. Pakistan offers SO MUCH to see from natural beauty to 3000 BCE cities. Its pity that many of the new generation has not seen attractions which are within couple of hours driving distance from their locations.
I am sure there are many tour operators in Pak who run tours of Indus Valley Civilization. A must see for history lovers.
My 2 cents.
Mohenjo-daro
Mohenjo-daro is an archeological site situated in the province of Sindh, Pakistan. Built around 2600 BCE, it was one of the largest settlements of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization, and one of the world’s earliest major urban settlements, existing at the same time as the civilizations of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Crete. Mohenjo-daro was abandoned in the 19th century BCE, and was not rediscovered until 1922. Significant excavation has since been conducted at the site of the city, which was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980.
Name
Mohenjo-daro, the modern name for the site, simply means Mound of the Dead. The city’s original name is unknown, but a Mohenjo-daro seal suggests a possible ancient Dravidian name in Kukkutarma (“the city -rma] of the cock [kukkuta]”).[2] Cock-fighting may have had ritual and religious significance for the city, with domesticated chickens bred there for sacred purposes, rather than as a food-source.[3]
Location
Location of Mohenjo-daro in the Indus Valley and extent of Indus Valley Civilization (green).
Mohenjo-daro is located in the Larkana District of Sindh, Pakistan,[4] on a Pleistocene ridge in the middle of the flood plain of the Indus River Valley, around 28 kilometres (17 mi) from the town of Larkana. The ridge was prominent during the time of the Indus Valley Civilization, allowing the city to stand above the surrounding plain, but the flooding of the river has since buried most of the ridge in deposited silt. The site occupies a central position between the Indus River and the Ghaggar-Hakra River. The Indus still flows to the east of the site, but the riverbed of the Ghaggar-Hakra on the western side is now dry.[5]
Historical context
Mohenjo-daro was built in the 26th century BCE.[6] It was one of the largest cities of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization, also known as the Harappan Civilization,[7] which developed around 3000 BCE from the prehistoric Indus culture. At its height, the Indus Civilization spanned much of what is now Pakistan and North India, extending westwards to the Iranian border, south to Gujarat in India and northwards to an outpost in Bactria, with major urban centers at Harappa, Mohenjo-daro, Lothal, Kalibangan, Dholavira and Rakhigarhi. Mohenjo-daro was the most advanced city of its time, with remarkably sophisticated civil engineering and urban planning.[8] When the Indus civilization went into sudden decline around 1900 BCE, Mohenjo-daro was abandoned.[6][9]
Kenoyer suggested that the Indus River changed course, which would have hampered the local agricultural economy and the city’s importance as a center of trade.[citation needed] However no evidence exists that flooding destroyed the city.[citation needed] And, Possehl says, a changing river course doesn’t explain the collapse of the entire Indus civilization. Throughout the valley, the culture changed, he says.[citation needed]
Rediscovery and excavation
The ruins of the city remained undocumented for over 3,700 years, until their discovery in 1922 by Rakhaldas Bandyopadhyay, an officer of the Archaeological Survey of India.[6] He was led to the mound by a Buddhist monk, who reportedly believed it to be a stupa. In the 1930s, major excavations were conducted at the site under the leadership of John Marshall, D. K. Dik****ar and Ernest Mackay.[1] Further excavations were carried out in 1945 by Ahmad Hasan Dani and Mortimer Wheeler.
The last major series of excavations were conducted in 1964 and 1965 by Dr. George F. Dales. After this date, excavations were banned due to weathering damage to the exposed structures, and the only projects allowed at the site since have been salvage excavations, surface surveys and conservation projects. However, in the 1980s, German and Italian survey groups led by Dr. Michael Jansen and Dr. Maurizio Tosi used less invasive archeological techniques, such as architectural documentation, surface surveys and localized probing, to gather further information about Mohenjo-daro.[1]
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Kashmir and Northern areas would be the switzerland of Asia if only it was not under the control of Pakistan.
Hunza is still called the Switzerland of Asia i think
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Out of the places posted so far
[ul] [li]I have been to: [/li][LIST] [li]Taxila Museum [/li][li]Pir Suhawa - Enjoyed an awesome dinner at Monal [/li][/ul]
[li]I have yet to go to: [/li][ul] [li]Shangrila Lake [/li][li]Chaukhandi Tombs [/li][/ul] [/LIST]
Monal! amazing location for eating outdoors
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nice thread akmoti, reminds me that probably only a hand full years of life are left, if any, and alot yet to see...
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Hawke’s Bay, Karachi
Hawke’s Bay or Hawkesbay is a beach in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It is situated 20 km south west of Karachi. It is accessible through Hawkes Bay Road (Mauripur Raod) or Mubarak Goth Road from Karachi.
It is a very famous tourist resort. It is a sandy beach with crystal blue water. Everyday a large numbers of peoples from Karachi visit there and enjoy picnic, swimming, fishing, and camel & horse riding. Huts are also available on rental there.
Hawksbay is one of the few beaches in the world where green sea turtles come to lay eggs. It hosts one of the rarest reptile species.
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**Multan, Punjab
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Multan is a city in the Punjab Province of Pakistan. It is located in the southern part of the province. It has a population of over 3.8 million (according to 1998 census), making it the sixth largest city of Pakistan. It is built just east of the Chenab River, more or less in the geographic center of the country and about 966 km from Karachi.
Multan is known as the ‘City of Sufi Saints (Pir) and Shrines’. The city is full of bazaars, mosques, shrines and superbly designed tombs. A network of rails, highways and air flights has well connected Multan to the rest of the world.
Ghanta ghar
Darbar Shahrukh e alam
Gate of Multan
University Mosque
services Club Multan
Church
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some more of Multan!
Arts Council
Pottery
khussas
Hand embroidery
Sohan Halwa
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**Thar Desert, Sindh
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The **Thar Desert also known as the Great Indian Desert) is a large, arid region in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent and forms a natural boundary running along the border between India and Pakistan. With an area of more than 200,000 km[SUP]2[/SUP] (77,000 sq mi),it is the world’s 18th largest subtropical desert.
Thar Desert - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Derawar Fort
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Cholistan
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Mosque at Fort Abbas
Nagar Parkar Hindu Temple
Jain Temple
Marvi’s well
Tree
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***Namak Mandi,Peshawar
***Available almost everywhere, but the real flavor of these barbequed Tikkas of sheep and lambs lie in the restaurants of Namak Mandi! It is situated in the city besides Shoba bazaar. This place has gained popularity amongst both locals and visitors. This place has its own importance. People from far away places come at night to have their toothsome barbeque in the restaurants of Namak Mandi.
So if you come to Peshawar and you don’t visit Namak Mandi, You are missing an opportunity because without visiting this place, your trip to Peshawar would be half left! That’s why it’s a must visiting place because Namak Mandi has the charismatic power to make the visitors and tourists fall in love at a first sight with this city after tasting its barbeque when the saliva in their mouths starts flowing naturally…
namak mandi resturant
Have the charsi tikka at the Namak Mandi. No, no, no, the charsi tikka doesn’t actually have any charas in it, but is called that because its pioneer here was a charsi. And no namak (salt) seems to be sold on its own in Namak Mandi, which was once called Mewa Mandi but got itself a name-change when namak began to outsell mewas. Today, however, the place is more famous for its meat.
