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Gandhara getaway
For decades, fraudsters and smugglers have been hand in glove in forging and smuggling artefacts found in the historical sites…
Discovery and deceit
Stone craft in Pakistan is as ancient as Buddhism itself. Wherever the followers of Buddha went, they took with them…
The unique confluence
The ancient civilisation of Gandhara stretched across parts of present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan and attracted Alexander the Great in 326…
The lost civilisation?
The negligence of both the federal and provincial governments has caused loss of the country’s heritage, writes Muqaddam Khan
The…
Militant raiders
In their efforts to emulate the Afghan Taliban who blew up the 6th Century Buddha statues in Bamiyan in 2001…
Where the treasure lies
In ancient times, dwelling of diverse races and their co-existence/interaction plus invasions and occupations of the Pukhtun land gave birth…
A silent row
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government always tries its level best to obtain the artefacts and sculptures, employing all legal ways and…
Pillage of prehistory
Curator Peshawar Museum and lecturer of archaeology at the University of Peshawar Nidaullah Sehrai highlights the issue of illegal digging…
Deforestation: Losing our green cover
In the words of the famous Sufi poet, Khwaja Ghulam Farid, “Where there are more trees and greenery, there will…
The worth of trees
When fire-fighters arrived to extinguish the fire, that had engulfed the home of a 66-year-old woman, Elise Inversin, on the…
A leaf from history: The constitution
As the committee for drafting a permanent constitution started working, some apprehensions surfaced. This time it was between the Law…
Empowerment: The colours of tradition
Hilda Saeed talks to different NGOs working to save and develop our cultural handicraft heritage
In the current atmosphere of…
Trendsetting: Stylishly ethical
World fashion is high on ethics these days; busy with buzz-words like eco-friendly, sustainable, free trade, etc.
In the simplest…
Old yarns: The eternal fabric
“It was of linen, ornamented with numerous figures of animals, worked in gold and cotton. Each thread of the corselet…
Food for thought: Diet foods that make you fat
You may have chucked out all the usual suspects that increase your caloric intake, but there still may be some…
Advice: Doing the right thing
Dear Phupojaani,
I am a 33-year-old woman who was married for seven years. I finally got a divorce last year…
Gardening: Drop by precious drop
Water has always been an extremely precious commodity here in Pakistan, more so in recent years than previously and the…
