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Pakistan – An Endless Wonderland of Winter Sport and Adventure.
The Northern areas of Pakistan, specifically Hunza Valley, consists of an undiscovered arena of Winter Sports and adventure. The following video showcases the beauty of Pakistan and demonstrates the country’s safety and security as a group of investors, clients and company executives gather together to ski downhill on the northern snow-capped peaks of Pakistan.  
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Pakistan Fashion Week held at Lancaster House London marking 70 years of independence
London’s Lancaster House, often used for hosting events for the British royal family and as a filming location for such popular TV shows and movies like Downton Abbey and The King’s Speech, witnessed for the first time in its 200-year history a spectacular display of Pakistani fashion on May 21-22, with the high priests of the country’s fashion industry showcasing their talents at the eleventh edition of Pakistan Fashion Week…
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K-P’s Billion Tree Tsunami –‘a true conservation success story’
The province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) is on its way to becoming a case study in how to successfully combat the impact of global warming and climate change, and protect the natural environment, and that too in a developing country like Pakistan, where too often such initiatives are shoved to the backburner. K-P’s Billion Tree Tsunami project initiated just over two years ago continues to garner local and international claim with…
Lahore aglore with exhibitions, cultural events Pakistan Shining
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Lahore aglore with exhibitions, cultural events
LAHORE is historically and traditionally called the cultural capital of Pakistan. This is quite appropriate, so to say. No day hardly passes when no literary, cultural activity is not taking place or event being organized here. Literary festivals, paintings exhibitions, books festivals keep taking place quite frequently and regularly under auspices of cultural, literary bodies and educational institutions and these activities provide some ideas to the visitors as well as…
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Pakistani architect Yasmeen Lari wins Japan’s Fakuoka Prize
KARACHI:  Renowned Pakistani architect Yasmeen Lari has won the prestigious Japanese Fukuoka Prize in the Arts and Culture category for this year. Lari is the third Pakistani recipient of the Fukuoka Prize with qawwali maestro Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and social scientist Dr Uxi Mufti as the previous winners. Established in 1990, the prize was founded by Fukuoka City of Japan. The awards are presented every year to honour the…
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Pakistan, China caravan on CPEC route to showcase rich cultural connectivity Pakistan Shining
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Pakistan, China caravan on CPEC route to showcase rich cultural connectivity
Pakistan and China will embark upon Cultural Caravan-a month long voyage, traversing China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) with an objective to showcase soft image, rich culture and trade potential of the region. “The Cultural Caravan will play a key role in promoting regional and cultural connectivity,” Director General Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) Syed Jamal Shah said. Highlighting importance of the Caravan in exploring cultural diversity of the two…
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