Archaeological Ruins at Moenjodaro Located in the Sindh province of Pakistan, Moenjodaro is one of the most well-preserved sites of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization. The city was built around 2600 BCE and was abandoned around 1900 BCE. The site covers an area of around 240 hectares and contains the remains of a city that was built entirely of unbaked …
The national anthem of Pakistan, The “Qaumī Tarānāh” (pronounced [ˈqɔːmiː təˈɾaːnə], lit. ’ “National Anthem”‘), also known as “Pāk Sarzamīn” (pronounced [ˈpɑːk ˈsəɾzəmiːn], lit. ’Thy Sacred Land’), is the national anthem of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. It was written by Hafeez Jalandhari in 1952 and the music was produced by Ahmad G. Chagla in 1949, preceding the lyrics. It was officially adopted as …
The land where the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is situated today had been a seat of the world’s leading Civilizations from time immemorial. Culture in Pakistan dates back more than 5,000 years to the period of the Indus civilization. Also called the Indus Valley or Harappan civilization, Indus was the earliest known urban culture of the Indian subcontinent. The emphasis …
The history of Pakistan (Urdu: تاريخ پاكِستان ) encompasses the history of the region constituting modern Pakistan. Prior to independence in 1947, the territory of modern Pakistan was a part of the British Indian Empire. Prior to that British Indian Rule was ruled in different periods by local kings and numerous imperial powers. The ancient history of the region comprising …
The Office of DG (I&P) is an attached department of Ministry of Interior, responsible to deal with the matters concerning issuance of Passports, Visas, Pakistan Citizenship and Renunciation of Pakistan Citizenship Certificates. Pakistani Visa Policy Visa General Policy – The Department is responsible for granting/extending visas in these categories of foreigners. Grace period is only for the reason that no …
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History The capital city of Pakistan, Islamabad is located in the northwest of the country on Potohar Plateau. This area has been significant in history for being a part of the crossroads of the Rawalpindi and the North West Frontier Province. The city was built in 1960 to replace Karachi as the Pakistani capital, which it has been since 1963. …
Pakistan literally means “Land of the Pure” in Urdu and Persian. It comes from the word pāk meaning pure in Persian and Pashto while the word istān is a Persian word meaning place of; it is a cognate of the Sanskrit word sthān. It was coined in 1933 as Pakistan by Choudhry Rehmat Ali, a Pakistan Movement activist, who published …
Forming the bulk of the transnational Punjab region between Pakistan and India, it is bounded locally by Sindh to the south, Balochistan to the west, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to the northwest, the Islamabad Capital Territory to the north, and the Pakistani-administered territory of Azad Jammu and Kashmir to the northeast. On its eastern side, it is bounded by the India–Pakistan border, …