Pakistan Tourism

Khanpur Dam, A Great Tourist Attraction

The Khanpur dam is a beautiful tourism place as well as water reservoir which was built in 15 years of time at the cost of Rs. 1,352 million. It is 167 feet high and stores 110,000-acre feet of water. Khanpur dam is located on the River Herno in the village of Khanpur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and was constructed during the era of President Ayub Khan. This dam is 40 km away from Islamabad and the best source of water supplies for twin cities Islamabad and Rawalpindi and the different parts of Punjab. What Will Tourists have at Dam? Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has made this place attractive for tourists and people from far areas come to enjoy swimming, boating, strolling and bathing […]

General Elections

CJP says No arrest for Musharraf if he visits Pakistan to file nomination papers for 2018 elections and appears before the court

Chief justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar informed Musharraf’s lawyer that he will not be arrested if he arrives in Pakistan, but he has to visit the court to submit the nomination papers. Chief justice of Pakistan said, “Tell Musharraf to come to Pakistan, adding that the former military dictator will not be arrested upon his arrival.” If we look at the past then, Musharraf submitted his nomination papers for the general elections in 2013 for NA 250 Karachi seat. Those papers were not accepted by the returning officer at that time because he got disqualified and publicly insulted Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary. The lawyer of Musharraf said to the court that there is a final deadline to submit […]

General Elections

Nawaz Sharif to Personally Overlook the Allotment of Party Tickets

The PML-N’s quaid and former prime minister of Pakisan, Nawaz sharif, held a meeting chairing himself along with PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif and Raja Zafurl haq at party’s office on Saturday. It was stated by the PML-N’s founder that ‘electoral tickets from party’s platform will only be awarded to the loyalists and no delays in election will be tolerated’. Chairing the Parliamentary meeting board along with his companions, Mr sharif expresses his insecurity regarding the decision of LHC on nomination forms. Sources claimed that it was discussed that delay in elections is plotted exaggeratedly by opposition.  Mr sharif further enlightens this by saying that his opponents had always seen defeat in the past and they will be knocked out by […]

Defense

Pakistan Buying 30 Attack Helicopters from Turkey

Pakistan was already in talks with the Turkish officials to get 30 attack helicopter. Its now confirmed that Pakistan is getting Turkish built 30 attack helicopters. Both Pakistan and Turkey announced the move. The helis being purchased are Turkish Aerospace Industries’ (TAI) T129. In recent years Pakistan made several other deals like that, which include a number of fighter helicopters from Russia as well as recently a deal with united states for 12 US-built Bell AH-1Z Viper Helicopters. The actual price of deal with Turkey has not been disclosed but according to an estimate mentioned on various places in media, about 1.5 Billion USD are likely to be the costs to Pakistan for these 30 attack helicopters. This have been […]

Weather

Pakistan Ranked as World’s 7th Most Affected Country by Global Warming – Situation is Alarming

In Pakistan, the climate has been changed as compared to a few decades ago and this change is expected to be continue, which made Pakistan appear in the list of countries most affected by global warming. Global warming occurs when there is an increase of greenhouse effect. In this process, earth holds some of the energy of the sun and became warm by the time. The global warming is the major threat to the earth and the current situation is alarming for Pakistan as well. Global Climate Risk Index 2018 Report According to the report, “The Climate Risk Index may serve as a red flag for an already existing vulnerability that may further increase in regions, where extreme events will […]