/taxonomy/term/255251 en /node/2003616/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/255251">ZAHOOR UL ISLAM</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Thu, 2022-01-13 13:47</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> PESHAWAR: World-famous northwestern Pakistani shawls and leather slippers have taken the stage at Expo 2020 Dubai as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province set up its stalls at the Pakistan Pavilion to introduce the local culture to the international audience. </p> <p> Described as “the event of the century,” the expo kicked off in October, bringing together representatives from more than 190 countries. The exhibition is the largest global gathering since the emergence of the coronavirus pandemic and will run until April 2022. </p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2022/01/13/3013356-1904544852.jpg" width="966" height="693" alt="" title="A woman views shoes displayed at the Pakistan Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on January 3, 2022. (Photo courtesy: KP Tourism) " /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/dubai-expo">Dubai Expo</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Thu, 13 Jan 2022 10:48:16 +0000 farheen.fatima 2003616 at /node/1993231/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/255251">ZAHOOR UL ISLAM</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sun, 2021-12-26 19:25</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Culture and Tourism Authority on Sunday organized the Christmas Sports Gala for the Christian community with lots of recreational activities, including games, music and fun, to entertain the attendees, officials and participants said. <br /> Members of the Christian community from Khyber, Mohmand, Peshawar, Nowshera and Mardan districts of KP, as well as people from different walks of life gathered for the event at the Saint John Vianney High School in the provincial capital. <br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/12/26/2984226-287237371.jpg" width="1300" height="882" alt="" title="Visitors play fun games at the Christmas Sports Gala held at St. John Vianney High School in Peshawar, Pakistan on December 26, 2021. (AN Photo) " /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/christmas">Christmas</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/khyber-pakhtunkhwa">Khyber Pakhtunkhwa</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Sun, 26 Dec 2021 16:46:47 +0000 fatimah.amjad 1993231 at /node/1992756/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/255251">ZAHOOR UL ISLAM</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sat, 2021-12-25 22:27</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> PESHAWAR: Sikhs in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province have welcomed a recent court ruling allowing them to carry a ceremonial dagger, known as the kirpan, in pursuit of an obligatory religious practice, but say that the court should not categorize the object as a weapon requiring a license.</p> <p> Carrying a kirpan is among the five articles of faith in Sikhism, and the Sikh community has fought — both winning and losing — legal battles around the world to be allowed to bear the object in public.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/12/25/2983041-1437552622.jpg" width="1024" height="682" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/sikhs">Sikhs</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/kirpan">Kirpan</a></div></div></div> Sat, 25 Dec 2021 19:32:58 +0000 zaynab.khojji 1992756 at /node/1992561/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/255251">ZAHOOR UL ISLAM</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sat, 2021-12-25 09:43</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> PESHAWAR: Sikhs in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province have welcomed a recent court ruling allowing them to carry a ceremonial dagger, known as the kirpan, in pursuance of an obligatory religious practice, but say the court should not categorize the object as a weapon requiring a license.<br /> Carrying a kirpan is among the five articles of faith in Sikhism and the Sikh community has fought - won and lost - legal battles around the world to be allowed to bear the object in public. <br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/12/25/2982366-954804505.jpg" width="5813" height="3875" alt="" title="Sikh pilgrims arrive to take part in a religious ritual on the eve of the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, at Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur near the India-Pakistan border in Narowal, Pakistan on November 18, 2021. (Photo courtesy: AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/sikh">Sikh</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/khyber-pakhtunkhwa">Khyber Pakhtunkhwa</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Sat, 25 Dec 2021 06:48:46 +0000 farheen.fatima 1992561 at /node/1784421/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/255251">ZAHOOR UL ISLAM</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Tue, 2020-12-29 13:19</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> PESHAWAR: Along the perilous gorges of the Shimshal River on a freezing December morning last Sunday, the year’s first poachers in Gilgit-Baltistan were stopped at a wildlife checkpoint.<br /> Their car was searched and meat from the nationally protected Himalayan ibex, Pakistan’s majestic long-horned mountain goat, was discovered by officials, carefully hidden between the seats of the Toyota 4WD.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2020/12/29/2404556-30535775.jpg" width="796" height="530" alt="" title="In this undated photo two hunters are seen smiling after hunting down the prized ibex. (Photo Courtesy: Social Media) " /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/ibex">Ibex</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/markhor">markhor</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/hunting-season">Hunting Season</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Tue, 29 Dec 2020 10:26:04 +0000 sehrish_ghaffar 1784421 at /node/1756601/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/255251">ZAHOOR UL ISLAM</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sat, 2020-10-31 17:03</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> PESHAWAR: The price of a permit to hunt Pakistan’s endangered Astor markhor suffered a markdown of over $20,000 as compared to last year, as the Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) wildlife department on Thursday auctioned licenses for the hunting of over 100 rare species under a trophy hunting program.<br /> The enormous license fee to kill the rare markhor, a long-horned goat native to Pakistan and found in its snowy northern mountains, is one of the highest in the world, with 12 licenses awarded every year in the country-- four of them in GB.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2020/10/31/2329361-463737551.jpg" width="1500" height="883" alt="" title="The nearly threatened Kashmir markhor, a large goat species native to Kashmir and northern Pakistan, is seen at Chitral Gol National Park (CGNP) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, on February 8, 2020. (Photo courtesy: Chitral Gol National Park)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/markhor">markhor</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/animals">animals</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/wildlife">wildlife</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/capra">Capra</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Sat, 31 Oct 2020 14:10:55 +0000 wasey 1756601 at /node/1667931/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/255251">ZAHOOR UL ISLAM</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Fri, 2020-05-01 13:42</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> SAIDU SHARIF: Amanullah Khan was always inspired by his picturesque surroundings. An artist from Swat district in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, he painted hundreds of colorful landscapes to capture the beauty of his mountainous hometown that mesmerized him since childhood.</p> <p> “I was obsessed with art from the beginning and wanted to recreate the splendor of the area,” said the 58-year-old artist while talking to Arab News at his small studio in Saidu Sharif.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2020/05/01/2086351-403903290.jpg" width="900" height="530" alt="" title="Amanullah Khan, an artist from Swat, is working on a portrait of ��������Ƶ’s late king, Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, at his studio in Saidu Sharif on February 27, 2020. (AN Photo)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/swat-artist">Swat Artist</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/painter">painter</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/saudi-arabia">��������Ƶ</a></div></div></div> Fri, 01 May 2020 10:46:17 +0000 sehrish_ghaffar 1667931 at /node/1653536/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/255251">ZAHOOR UL ISLAM</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sun, 2020-04-05 13:50</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> PESHAWAR: It’s been months since Hussain Ali has seen his wife and two children.</p> <p> A resident of the Nagar district in Pakistan’s Gilgit Baltistan region, Ali was one of 21 pilgrims who returned from Iran via the Taftan border on March 1 and was immediately placed under quarantine as part of anti-virus measures to limit the spread of Covid-19 or coronavirus in the country.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2020/04/05/2046416-758191155.jpg" width="900" height="530" alt="" title="Men wear protective face masks as a preventive measure against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak as they stand by a queue of vehicles at a check post while entering Gilgit, Pakistan March 22, 2020. (REUTERS)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/coronavirus-pakistan">CORONAVIRUS PAKISTAN</a></div></div></div> Sun, 05 Apr 2020 11:08:00 +0000 sehrish_ghaffar 1653536 at /node/1595551/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/255251">ZAHOOR UL ISLAM</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sat, 2019-12-07 15:47</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> PESHAWAR: Every winter, the traditional wool apparel business in Peshawar’s historic Chitral bazaar begins to boom.<br /> The bazaar was first established by shopkeepers from the scenic upper Chitral region, from the extreme northwest of Pakistan, in the late 1940s. It is famous around the country for its expertly crafted handmade woolen hats, waistcoats, long coats and cloaks.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2019/12/07/1877281-313260880.jpeg" width="3298" height="1855" alt="" title="A shop full of Chitrali apparel in Peshawar’s famous Chitrali bazaar. Dec. 6, 2019 (AN photo)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2019/12/07/1877296-733245890.jpg" width="4032" height="2268" alt="" title="A craftsman at Peshawar’s Chitral Bazaar stitches together a traditional woollen hat. Dec. 6, 2019 (AN photo)" /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2019/12/07/1877301-972195973.jpg" width="1500" height="844" alt="" title="Shop owner and craftsmen, Muhammad Tayyab, in his shop at Peshawar’s Chitral Bazaar. Dec. 6, 2019 (AN photo)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2019/12/07/1877306-748642034.jpg" width="1500" height="844" alt="" title="A mechanic displays sewing machine parts in Peshawar’s famous Chitrali bazaar. Dec. 6, 2019 (AN photo)" /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2019/12/07/1877311-1337388779.jpg" width="1500" height="844" alt="" title="A mechanic displays sewing machine parts in Peshawar’s famous Chitrali bazaar. Dec. 6, 2019 (AN photo)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2019/12/07/1877326-1695806605.jpg" width="1500" height="844" alt="" title="Craftsmen and shop owner, Abdul Waheed, takes a customer’s head measurements in his shop in Peshawar’s famous Chitrali bazaar. Dec. 6, 2019. (AN photo)" /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2019/12/07/1877331-885323615.jpg" width="1500" height="844" alt="" title="In between customers, shopkeepers at Peshawar’s Chitrali bazaar drink traditional green tea. Dec. 6, 2019 (AN Photo)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2019/12/07/1877336-1865487832.jpg" width="1500" height="844" alt="" title="A craftsman stitches a Chitrali hat at his shop in Peshawar’s famous Chitrali bazaar. Dec. 6, 2019 (AN photo)" /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2019/12/07/1877346-1439212333.jpg" width="1500" height="844" alt="" title="Traditional Chitrali woollen hats stacked one on top of the other and ready for sale in Peshawar’s famous Chitrali bazaar. Dec. 6, 2019 (AN photo)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/peshawar">Peshawar</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/chitral">chitral</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/hat">Hat</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/winter">winter</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Sat, 07 Dec 2019 12:55:34 +0000 wasey 1595551 at /node/1587081/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/255251">ZAHOOR UL ISLAM</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Wed, 2019-11-20 17:44</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> PESHAWAR: The wildlife department of Gilgit Baltistan auctioned four licenses on Tuesday for hunting the markhor, a large goat species native to Pakistan, in a move that conservationists argue prevents poaching and empowers local communities.</p> <p> Zakir Hussain, the chief conservator for forests, parks, and wildlife in Gilgit Baltistan, told Arab News over the phone from Gilgit that the Ministry for Climate Change had agreed to the licenses, including for trophy hunting of the much in demand flare-horned Astore markhor.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2019/11/20/1853576-1777936800.jpg" width="800" height="480" alt="" title="The markhor is Pakistan&#039;s national animal. (Photo Courtesy: Dawn)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/markhor">markhor</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Wed, 20 Nov 2019 15:14:14 +0000 farheen.fatima 1587081 at /node/1501961/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/255251">ZAHOOR UL ISLAM</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sat, 2019-05-25 15:53</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> PESHAWAR: Nestled along the banks of the Budhni Pull river in the northwestern city of Peshawar, a small town of ethnic Pashtun settlers who fled wars, poverty and violence in Pakistan’s tribal areas of North and South Waziristan have carved out a special place for themselves, and a nickname for their town: Little Waziristan.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2019/05/25/1597011-1459636934.jpg" width="3648" height="2048" alt="" title="Laborers hard at work at the Shero Jhangi market, dubbed ‘Little Waziristan,’ in Pakistan’s Peshawar city on May 16, 2019. (AN Photo)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/peshawar">Peshawar</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/little-waziristan">Little Waziristan</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Sat, 25 May 2019 13:09:51 +0000 wasey 1501961 at /node/1451506/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/255251">ZAHOOR UL ISLAM</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Wed, 2019-02-13 15:13</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> PESHAWAR: In Pakistan’s north-western province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), six-year old Khadija babysits the children of Peshawar’s privileged families for a few hundred rupees a month. She is one of 1.8 million of the province’s seven million children who are currently out of school, according to Ziaullah Bangash, an education adviser to the provincial government. <br /> “My mother works in nearby homes,” Khadija says. “I go with her and take care of people’s babies.”<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/main-image/2019/02/13/1459456-1357039941.jpg" width="1500" height="883" alt="" title="Shahnaz Khan explaining a lesson to the students. (AN photo)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2019/02/13/1459471-602817980.jpg" width="1500" height="1125" alt="" title="A student explaining a lesson to her fellow students. (AN photo)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/teaching">Teaching</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/peshawar">Peshawar</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/khyber-pakhtunkhwa-kp">Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP)</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Wed, 13 Feb 2019 10:36:48 +0000 wasey 1451506 at /node/1438136/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/255251">ZAHOOR UL ISLAM</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sat, 2019-01-19 12:15</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> KHEWRA: The Khewra Salt Mines, located about 160 kilometres south of the Pakistani capital of Islamabad, are said to be the second largest salt mine in the world and the largest in Pakistan. </p> <p> “Nearly one million tourists visit the mine annually,” senior guide Abid Hussain, who has worked at the mines since 1985, told Arab News. The entry fee is just 200 rupees. </p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2019/01/19/1434596-1637833218.jpg" width="900" height="530" alt="" title="A view of a special train for visitors outside Khewra Salt Mine. (AN photo)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2019/01/19/1434601-763950335.jpg" width="900" height="530" alt="" title="A labour crushes rock salt to make a souvenir at the Khwera Salt Mines." /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2019/01/19/1434606-110388512.jpg" width="900" height="530" alt="" title="The main entrance of the Khewra Salt Mines. (AN photo)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2019/01/19/1434611-1988113188.jpg" width="900" height="530" alt="" title="A special dispensary for asthma patients inside the Khewra Salt Mines. (AN photo)" /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2019/01/19/1434616-1649222361.jpg" width="900" height="530" alt="" title="A view of a cannon at the Khewra Salt Mines. (AN photo)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2019/01/19/1434621-1318064736.jpg" width="900" height="530" alt="" title="Salt is visible in rocks and the sand in the area around the Khewra Salt Mines. (AN photo)" /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2019/01/19/1434626-1159322888.jpg" width="900" height="375" alt="" title="Tourists buy souvenirs inside the Khewra Salt Mine. (AN photo)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2019/01/19/1434631-376934110.jpg" width="900" height="530" alt="" title="Tourists seen buying items made from rock salt at the Khewra Salt Mines. (AN photo)" /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2019/01/19/1434636-61119520.jpg" width="900" height="530" alt="" title="Melting salt particles seen inside a mine at the Khewra Salt Mines. (AN photo)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2019/01/19/1434641-454528150.jpg" width="900" height="530" alt="" title="A tunnel view inside the salt mines of Khewra, Pakistan. The Khewra Salt Mines, located 100 miles south of Islamabad, are said to be the second largest salt mine in the world. (AN photo)" /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2019/01/19/1434646-1587269606.jpg" width="900" height="530" alt="" title="Workers load a truck with rock salt at the Khewra Salt Mines. (AN photo)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/khewra-salt-mines">Khewra Salt Mines</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/khewra">Khewra</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/islamabad">Islamabad</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/mining">Mining</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/salt-mine">Salt mine</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Sat, 19 Jan 2019 09:46:25 +0000 Sajjadkk 1438136 at /node/1432421/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/255251">ZAHOOR UL ISLAM</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Tue, 2019-01-08 16:28</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> PESHAWAR: Yasir Mehmood has been keeping honeybees since he was a young boy. When he turned 18, he decided to turn his hobby into a business.<br /> He started out by setting up fifty beehive boxes in his hometown of Nowshehra, a city in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Now, two decades later, he has over 600 hives. <br /> Though business has boomed in past years, Mehmood says it has slowed down recently for a variety of reasons, not least climate change and deforestation. <br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/main-image/2019/01/08/1423801-1396314149.jpg" width="1500" height="883" alt="" title="Pakistan’s biggest honey market,Tarnab Farm in Peshawar, exports about 4,000 tons of the commodity, worth nearly Rs 2.8 billion, to Arab countries every year. (AN photo)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/main-image/2019/01/08/1423806-1774672603.jpg" width="1500" height="883" alt="" title="A frame where honey bees make honey. (AN photo)" /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/main-image/2019/01/08/1423836-1784201535.jpg" width="1500" height="883" alt="" title="Honey being sold in the market. (AN photo)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/main-image/2019/01/08/1423826-1425745298.jpg" width="1500" height="883" alt="" title="Different kinds of honey ar Agriculture Research Institute, Peshawar. (AN photo)" /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/main-image/2019/01/08/1423811-976024101.jpg" width="1500" height="883" alt="" title="A honey bee taking nectar from a flower. (AN photo)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2019/01/08/1423816-1860660863.jpg" width="1500" height="883" alt="" title="An employee is examining bee hives at Agriculture Research Institute, Peshawar. (AN photo)" /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2019/01/08/1423821-2096201790.jpg" width="1500" height="883" alt="" title="Bee specialist pointing towards a queen. (AN photo)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2019/01/08/1423831-1822782383.jpg" width="1500" height="883" alt="" title="Honey bees hives at Agriculture Research Institute, Peshawar. (AN photo)" /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2019/01/08/1423841-1196479851.jpg" width="1500" height="883" alt="" title="Section of Entomology at Agriculture Research Institute, Peshawar. (AN photo)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/honey">Honey</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Tue, 08 Jan 2019 13:49:35 +0000 wasey 1432421 at /node/1406241/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/255251">ZAHOOR UL ISLAM</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sat, 2018-11-17 12:51</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Seventy-year-old Gulzar Ahmad was walking past a park near his home in the city of D.I. Khan, in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, when he heard roars of laughter. A group of men of all ages were laughing as though they had just heard a really good joke. But, Ahmad noticed, no one was telling jokes or even really talking.<br /> “In the beginning I thought they were some crazy people — now I am one of them,” he said.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/main-image/2018/11/17/1371701-1709890524.png" width="1000" height="589" alt="" title="People take part in a Yoga session at the park in D.I.Khan. (AN photo)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2018/11/17/1371706-95488794.jpg" width="1152" height="768" alt="" title="People take part in a Yoga session at the park in D.I.Khan. (AN photo)" /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2018/11/17/1371711-1386237616.jpg" width="1032" height="581" alt="" title="It’s never too early to start yoga sessions, as there are health benefits for everyone, including children. (AN photo)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2018/11/17/1371716-1670120446.jpg" width="1152" height="648" alt="" title="Mohammed Khalid Ali Zai talks to the participants of a yoga session. (AN photo)" /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2018/11/17/1371721-1509199695.jpg" width="1032" height="581" alt="" title="Older people are also benefiting from the yoga sessions. (AN photo)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2018/11/17/1371726-1213927169.jpg" width="1032" height="581" alt="" title="Participants strike poses during a yoga session. (AN photo)" /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2018/11/17/1371731-445956603.jpg" width="1032" height="581" alt="" title="It’s never too early to start yoga sessions, as there are health benefits for everyone, including children. (AN photo)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2018/11/17/1371736-1177612784.jpg" width="1032" height="581" alt="" title="Participants strike poses during a yoga session. (AN photo)" /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2018/11/17/1371741-1464253603.jpg" width="1032" height="581" alt="" title="People take part in a Yoga session at the park in D.I.Khan. (AN photo)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/dera-ismail-khan">Dera Ismail Khan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/di-khan">DI KHAN</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/yoga">Yoga</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/taliban">Taliban</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Sat, 17 Nov 2018 10:03:27 +0000 wasey 1406241 at