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Jamrud Fort
About 18km east of Peshawar is Jamrud Fort, built by the Sikhs in 1823 to mark the western edge of their empire (one of the few to expand westward to the Khyber). Its trademark stone arch (built in the 1960s) over the road marks the formal entrance to the pass.
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Moenjodaro City
The most exposed parts of Moenjodaro City are open to visitors, representing just one-third of the area yet to be excavated. Archaeology buffs will get the most out of it; those with a casual interest may be disappointed given the relative effort needed to get here.
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Ghor Khatri
A caravanserai in Mughal times and the governors mansion under the Sikhs, it also contains a neglected Hindu temple. Archaeological excavations in its gardens show the many strata of Peshawars history, reaching nearly 15m below ground level, to well before the Greeks and Kushans.
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Flag Staff House
Also known as Quaid-i-Azam House, the imposing British Raj mansion Flag Staff House was once owned by Mohammed Ali Jinnah. It was built over 100 years ago and has extensive grounds. His sister, Fatima Jinnah, lived in the house from 1948, and its now home to the Jinnah House Museum
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Alhamra Art Gallery
This gallery, not to be confused with the Alhamra, houses Lahores largest permanent collection of artwork. There are two floors exhibiting fine paintings by Pakistani artists. This gallery is part of the Alhamra Cultural Complex, which sometimes has musical and theatrical performan
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Fort
Local police are usually happy to show guests around the Fort, where they are stationed. Your hotel manager may be able to help organise this. The interesting stone-filled wooden battlements with gun sights are crumbling away and the blackened kitchen looks as if its been in use si
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Italian K2 Museum
The huge tent in the garden of the PTDC K2 Motel was set up in 2004 to commemorate the first successful summiting of K2 by an Italian expedition in 1954. There are numerous interesting photos documenting this expedition as well as previous expeditions into remote Baltistan. Well wo
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Cunningham Clocktower
East from Chowk Yadgar the road forks beneath the four-tiered Cunningham Clocktower, built at the turn of the 20th century for Queen Victorias Diamond Jubilee. Bearing right at the tower, the main road has many two- and three-storey old houses with carved balconies, once the homes
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Ziarat of Abdullah Shah Gazi
On a hill above Clifton Beach is the Ziarat of Abdullah Shah Gazi, a green-domed shrine dedicated to a 9th-century Sufi. Qawwali (Islamic devotional singing) often takes place here on Thursday night. Beneath the shrine is a freshwater spring, which pilgrims have credited with mysti
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Khaplu Palace
Uphill from polo ground is the Khaplu Palace, currently under restoration by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture. If you get lost, the local word for it is khar, or try Raja palace. The restoration plan includes the provision of quality accommodation and a museum, similar to Shigars for
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Qatal Gah
The brightly painted complex behind the Baltistan Tourist Cottage includes a mosque, an imam barga (a hall used during Shiite festivals of Ashura and Chelum) and a huge graveyard. Its said to be a little replica of one in Iraq. Except during the two festivals, foreigners can visit
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Choar
Choar is a vast alpine meadow area, as big as Alai itself, a long days walk (one way) up either the Rupkanai or Nogram Khwars. Its accessible only from May to August, when herds are driven up to it. You can camp there, even trek across to the Kaghan Valley, but a local guide is ess
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Rajah Bazaar
The buzzing Rajah Bazaar is a kaleidoscope of people and merchandise spreading in every direction from chaotic Fowara Chowk. You could spend hours exploring the colourful, crowded streets and buy anything from batteries to a new set of teeth. Dotted around are crumbling stone tower
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Shahi Masjid
Built by the ul-Mulks near the end of the 19th century. Its pinkish walls and white onion dome make it one of north Pakistans most distinctive mosques, particularly as its minarets frame Tirich Mir in the far distance. Its usually fine to visit, but ask permission before entering a
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Cultural Museum
A unique collection of Hunza history is packed into the dusty Cultural Museum: utensils, musical instruments, a stuffed snow leopard, gems and firearms, including the matchlock gun said to have injured the British commander at the Battle of Nilt in 1891. If it isnt open, ask at the
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Saidpur
Just east of the zoo in Margalla Hills, a road leads northeast for 1km to Saidpur, a (formerly Hindu) village still famous for pottery. Scheduled to open at the time of reasearch was a Model Village which will showcase Pakistani cultural traditions and handicrafts from various regi
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Holy Trinity Cathedral
British spiritual needs were well served in Karachi, and its churches provide some of Karachis finest remaining examples of British Raj architecture. The Anglican Holy Trinity Cathedral has some fascinating plaques inside erected to the memory of British soldiers who died in variou
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Chakdara Museum
Chakdara Museum is at the villages main intersection. Exhibits include well-preserved Buddhist statuary, carved columns and lintels from an old Swat mosque, and an ethnographic section with embroidery and lots of jewellery. Sadly, the captions are rather dismal and it is a poor rel
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Shimla Peak
The hills cradling Abbottabad are Shimla Peak to the northwest and Sarban Peak to the south. Shimlas cool, pine-clad summit is woven with trails and features fine panoramas of the town and its surroundings. You can walk up (three steep kilometres) or take a passenger Suzuki from up
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Gohar Amans Tower
In the grounds of the Army Public School (Hayat Shaheed), a crumbling adobe tower is all that remains of Gohar Amans Tower, a fort built by Gohar Aman in the 1850s. Theres not much to look at and the school is pretty security conscious. The school principal may be happy to escort y
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