Potohar
On The Plateau
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A Scottish Cannon in Potohar Plateau
Story of an unexpected discovery. An initial disappointment turning to almost an excitement as I sweated to reach out to a relic from railway's past
The Jewel of Salt Range
Springs ooze out from the mountain cracks, making a ring of waterfalls that fall below shaping up into a lake.
Emerald waters glowing in the sun reveal the underwater delights, the stones and pebbles, the reef patterned ridges and fish and crabs.
A trip to embrace the Jogis of the Kanphata tribe. An adventure to scale Tilla Jogiyan. The day I auctioned myself.
Outside of Rohtas Fort are places lost by history but alive in stories. 'Stories you enjoy listening to, over a cup of tea and a cigarette, under the setting rays of sun.'
دیارِ غیر کا شہید مشین محلّے کی یادگار اگر آپ جہلم ریلوے سٹیشن پر اترتے ہیں تو پلیٹ فارم نمبر2 پر سٹیشن ماسٹر کا دفتر ہے جسکے دروازے کے ساتھ ہی دیوار پر جہلم کے سپوت میجر اکرم شہید کا تعارفی پوسٹر لگا ہے۔ ریلوے پلیٹ فارم کے مخالف جہاں مال گاڑیوں کی لگیج برتھ …
Roman Baths of Pakistan
The group explores the wilderness of Potohar, reaching out to a tricky landscape with hanging rocks on one side and gradually sloping thickly vegetated landmass on the other. From a source deep underground, springs flow out accumulating in the square crevices extending down below forming a series of terraced ponds with shiny blue waters.
پوٹھوہار کے پہاڑوں کے دامن میں پنڈ ملکاں کے ایک مقبرے میں محوِ استراحت پُل کنجری کے مجاہد کی داستان
Moments of solitude, meditating with nature, and rediscovering the simplicity of the universal language. All this in the company of some caring friends conspiring to make that happen.
The Mysterious Tomb Outside Rohtas
عشق لوہارا تازہ رہندا داڑھی ہوجائے چٹی
Catching the trail from a seasoned patwari from Gujar Khan, following the remote routes into the rural heart of Potohar, refueling our car from an unorthodox gas station with quite an unorthodox filling mechanism, we eventually knocked at the doorsteps of Sawar Muhammad Hussain Shaheed, Nishan e Haider.
A Poppy in Potohar
روہتاس کے خواص خانی گیٹ پر دفن ایک سر اور خواص پور کے مزار میں لیٹے دھڑ کو ملاتی تاریخ کی بھول بھلیوں سے گزرتی ایک کتھا۔
... those who continued to fight even after the surrender
... with their names becoming immortal
and their tales, a source of inspiration
the tale of lion-heart and immortal Mahfooz ...
A Tale of Three Cities