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Hala – City of Crafts

Once you’ve seen what poor, almost rag-tag, artisans can do with the paper, glass, cotton and wood you get convinced quite easily that art has no limits.

Vanishing temples of Thar and Nagar Parkar

Thar desert has a splendid collection of ancient temples, testimony to the presence of colourful Hindu and Jain kingdoms. We don’t know the exact number of temples in the area but one document states their number to be 14.

Havelis of Pakistan

Pakistan inherited not only the structures of Gandhara, Mughul, Sikh or British period, it also inherited a vast collection of Havelis, mostly built by rich Hindus of Sind. Unfortunately, only some of them are left today, and even those face extinction.

Stealing Air Bags in the Air

I wanted those interesting air bags, after all I had paid my fare to PIA and I deserved something more than water and biryani. So, when the plane took off, I went underground to investigate the possible theft

Is Iran Headed for War?

If history is a good judge then I can say with some surety that Pakistan will allow Americans to attack Iran from Pakistan border. In fact, it might well become a proxy state for the Americans like it did during the Afghan war against Russia

The Baluchistan Problem

Ameer Hamza

• Articles on Chowk: 6
• First article: Mar 24, 2006
• Latest article: Nov 9, 2006
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