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Police check post set up, hideouts of drug dealers destroyed

The fort served as bulwark against invaders during Janjua family reign

Top court renders climate justice Upholds Punjab govt’s move to disallow new cement plants in Chakwal and Khushab A file photo of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. PHOTO: EXPRESS ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Saturday upheld the Punjab government’s decision to declare a "negative area", saying that water problems could not be resolved through technical solutions alone, but required broader recognition that they were inherently ecological, political and social issues. "In adjudicating water ...

Bee population has been dwindling over the past decade due to a variety of reasons, ranging from bacterial diseases to pesticides. — File photo “IT is so amazing what bees do,” said Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam at the launch of the ‘Billion Tree Honey’ programme in Islamabad recently. “Bees have evolved to become the most efficient insects to pollinate plants and, in this task, they reign supreme,” the PM’s aide went on to say. It al...

JHELUM: Prime Minister Imran Khan interacts with locals after inaugurating the Nandana Fort heritage trail project on Sunday.—PPI GUJAR KHAN: Prime Minister Imran Khan has said Pakistan can provide a multiplicity of choices for tourists that no other country can, elaborating on the diversity of opportunities to be found in the country — from its long coastline to some of the world’s tallest mountains and heritage sites, including those belonging to ancient civilisations. He expressed thes...

Islamabad: Nandana Fort, the scene of many epic battles and which holds echoes of centuries-old civilizations, will soon be opened for tourists after major conservation. The remains of the fort, located on a hilltop overlooking the Salt Range in Pakistan’s Punjab province, would be conserved by the tourism and archaeology department of Punjab to convert it into an international tourist attraction site. “We have decided to preserve the site [Nandana Fort] and build infrastructure so it becom...

Exciting day trip to historical salt range Islamabad February 28, 2021 Islamabad: The Asian Study Group has organised an exciting day trip to the Salt Range which comprises of two rows of low lying rugged hills that run east to west between the Soan and Jhelum rivers - from the Grand Trunk Road near Jhelum city to the River Indus near Kalabagh. This area is said to record 600 million years of the earth’s history. The name comes from the vast deposits of rock salt exposed and mined at Khewra...

Jhelum’s Bhaganwala will be transformed into model village: PM Says tourism will create job opportunities SAMAA | TV - Posted: Feb 28, 2021 | Last Updated: 1 month ago SAMAA | TV Posted: Feb 28, 2021 | Last Updated: 1 month ago Your browser does not support the video tag. The government will transform Jhelums Bhaganwala into a model village, Prime Minister Imran Khan promised. The premier inaugurated a heritage trail at the historical Alberoni Site in Nandana Fort on Sunday. A...

Plant Collectors In Kashmir Ralph R Stewart who  push-biked into Kashmir more than a century earlier details the contributions that Western experts made to Kashmir taxonomy A view of Botanical Garden in Srinagar I must be Rogers McVaugh’s oldest pupil. I did not know him until I was 70 and about to retire from Gordon College, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, where I had worked from 1911 until 1960, except for occasional furloughs in this country. When Rogers took charge of the angiosperm herbari...

A man applies the final touches to a sculpture made from Himalayan pink rock salt on the outskirts of Lahore. — Reuters ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Commerce on Thursday announced that it will register Himalayan pink salt — extracted from the Salt Range which extends along the south of the Potohar Plateau and the north of the Jhelum River — as Geographical Indications (GI). The decision was taken in a meeting with the Intellectual Property Organisation (IPO) Pakistan chaired by Commerce Adv...