[BITList] Pakistan and you think you know it

Thu Aug 18 14:52:36 BST 2011


    *Little about Pakistan's beauty .. *

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    *"Astola Island" [near Pasni Baluchistan 40 km from shore]. Astola
    is Pakistan's largest offshore island and the only significant offshore*

    *island in the northern Arabian Sea.*

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    *"Arror Rock"
    [near Rohri in Sindh]
    The shape of rock was caused by unknown natural forces.
    There is also a Shrine on the top.*

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    *This is an amazing view of a tunnel and bridge over a river on the
    railway track from "Rohri to Quetta".

    This track passes through 20 tunnels and over 368 bridges.
    It's the longest Railway gradient of world, and most scenic Railway
    ride of Asia.*

    *253897_232816530077154_198199843538823_1033667_77380_n.jpg*

    *Headmarala , Sialkot
    Mountains of Jammu & Kashmir in the background.*

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    *Attabad**Lake also known as Hunza Lake is a lake in the Hunza
    Valley of northern Pakistan.

    The beautiful lake was formed due to a massive landslide at Attabad
    village in Gilgit-Baltistan, 9 miles (14 km) upstream (east) *

    *of Karimabad that occurred on January 4, 2010.*

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    *Is this Great Wall of China?

    No. It's Wall of Sindh in Ranikot [3 hrs drive from Karachi].
    It's the part of one of the Largest Fort in World, Fort of Ranikot.*

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    *Kalam**Valley**.
    It is a valley along the upper reaches of the Swat River in Swat,
    Pakistan.
    Kalam Valley is known for its waterfalls, lakes and lush green
    hills, and is a 270 km drive from Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan.*

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    *Kachura**Lake**.
    The Kachura Lakes are two lakes in the Skardu District of
    Gilgit-Baltistan, Northern Pakistan. The lakes, at 2,500 metres
    (8,200 ft)*

    *in elevation, are Upper Kachura Lake and Lower Kachura Lake.*

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    *This is a 'Mud Volcano'.

    In Pakistan there are more than 80 active mud volcanoes, all of them
    in Baluchistan province; there are about 10 locations *

    *having clusters of mud volcanoes. In this region, the heights of
    mud volcanoes range between 800 to 1,550 feet *

    *(243.8 to 472.4 m). The most famous is Chandaragup.*

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    *The Great Trango Tower, 6,286 m (20,608 ft).
    The east face of the Great Trango Tower features the world's
    greatest nearly vertical drop. [aka Tallest vertical mountain of world]
    Located in Gilgit-Baltistan Region of Pakistan. This is one of the
    most difficult mountains to climb.*

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    *Laila**Peak, Hushe, Karakoram Range, Pakistan.
    It has a distinctive spear-like shape. One of the most beautiful &
    scenic snow covered mountain of the world.
    The Laila peak has been climbed only twice.*

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    *This is not Fox and Franz Josef Glacier, New Zealand.
    This is Biafo Glacier - which is a 63 km long glacier in the
    Karakoram Mountains, Pakistan meets the 49 km long Hispar Glacier *

    *at an altitude of 5,128 m (16,824 feet) at Hispar La (Pass) to
    create the world's longest glacial system outside the polar regions.*

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    *Makran**, Pakistan**.
    The present day Makran derived its name from Maka, a satrap of
    Achaemenid Empire. Maka was an important early eastern satrapy of
    Cyrus the Great, founder of the Achaemenid Empire.*

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    *K2**.
    It is the second-highest mountain on Earth, only after Mount
    Everest. It has a peak elevation of 8,611 m [28,251 feet]!!!*

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    *Concordia Base Camp, Pakistan.
    This is the view from Concordia towards the valley of the Baltoro
    Glacier at dawn. On the left [Paiju peaks], middle ,[Trango towers]
    & on the right [Grand Cathedra].*

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    *The epic Lake Saiful Muluk.
    It is located at the northern end of the Kaghan Valley
    (34¡ã52¡ä37.34¡åN 73¡ã41¡ä37.71¡åE) near Naran, Pakistan. *

    *The clarity of the water comes from the multiple glaciers all
    around the high basin which feed the lake.*

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    *Village Halmet, Neelum Valley, Pakistan.
    Neelum Valley is definitely another hidden pearl of Pakistan. No
    other valley in Kashmir can compare this valley and even *

    *most of the Pakistanis know little about it and have little visited
    there.*

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    *Lansdowne Bridge of Rohri, Pakistan.
    A marvel of nineteenth century engineering, the 'longest "rigid"
    girder bridge in the world' at that time, was begun in 1887. *

    *Designed by Sir Alexander Meadows Rendel, the girder work weighing
    a massive 3,300 tons was erected by F.E. Robertson, and Hecquet.*

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    *Is this Grand Canyon or Texas?
    No. It's Hingol National Park of Baluchistan, Pakistan. It got
    Mysterious Mud mountains, beautiful blue water Hingol river, *

    *desert and deep blue Arabian sea. [3.5 hrs drive from Karachi on
    Makran coastal highway]*

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    *Cold**Desert of Skardu in Pakistan.
    This is one of the most beautiful tourists attraction of Northern
    areas of Pakistan. There are huge sand plains in Skardu.*

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    *Passu**Peaks, Hunza, Pakistan.
    Mysterious mountains stand like a wall between Hunza river and valley.*

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    *Uli Biaho Tower**, Pakistan**.
    It is a peak near Trango Towers and Baltoro Glacier in the Northern
    Areas of Pakistan. It consists of two main peaks, *

    *Uli**Biaho Tower**(listed by Roskelley as 19,957 feet, and by
    Kopold as 6109 m (20,058 feet)); and *

    *Uli**Biaho Peak**(Kopold: 6417 m), which as of 2006 was unclimbed.*

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    *Rakaposhi**, Pakistan**.
    Rakaposhi is also known as Dumani [Mother of Mist]. It is situated
    in the Nagar valley.*

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    *Nanga Parbat**.
    It is the ninth highest mountain on Earth and among the
    eight-thousanders with a summit elevation of 8,126 meters (26,660 ft). *

    *It is also an immense, dramatic peak that rises far above its
    surrounding terrain.*

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    *Karamber**Lake**.
    Karambar Pass marks the boundary between the Chitral and Ishkoman
    Districts of Pakistan. The Karmabar Lake is almost 3 km long*

    *approx and it is 4300 meters above sea level. The flowers of
    autumns are worth seeing on this lake.*

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    *Deosaid plains ¨C Skardu*

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    *Bara Pani ¨C Deosai*

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    *Dudiptsar**Lake or /Dudipat//Lake/ is a lake encircled by snow clad
    peaks in Lulusar-Dudipatsar National Park. *

    *The lake lies in the extreme north of the Kaghan Valley*


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