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Among other things, pedestrianisation will boost the street economy, creating jobs for the youth and local people No city in Pakistan is free of the burden of chronic vehicle-driven and male-dominated urban spaces. While Karachi is no exception to this, as the centre of the country’s financial hustle-bustle, the city is unable to meet the mobility needs of its residents — car drivers, non-motorised and public transport users alike. Like other South Asian megacities, Karachi allows motorised vehicles to dominate its landscape. Pedestrianisation is generally ignored as an effective strategy...

  According to a report by Pakistani media "Dawn" on February 4, Lahore has been declared "City of Literature"

RMC demolishes shops built on storm drains RCB gets into altercation with a bank’s staff over anti-encroachment action Encroached land. PHOTO: NNI/FILE RAWALPINDI: The Rawalpindi Metropolitan Corporation (RMC) demolished several shops built on storm drains and roadsides in Bohar Bazaar on Thursday, a spokesperson shared. He said that the police and anti-encroachment staff closed the road for any sort of traffic before the operation was carried out that went on for about three hours with heavy machinery being employed under the supervision of the RMC Chief Officer Ali Abbas Bukhari. He adde...

Musicians perform at a plaque unveiling ceremony at the Alhamra Arts Council to mark Unesco honour conferred upon Lahore. — Online LAHORE: Lahore has been declared the “city of literature” – the first place in the country to have been conferred the title by Unesco. A ceremony was held at Alhamra Art Center’s Burney Garden where the Unesco director and Punjab government officials spoke about the importance of Lahore as a centre of learning and conviviality. The stage was set in the garden which was nicely decked up and musicians played tunes of songs. Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan was the ch...

Posted on January 24th, 2021 Ashley de Vos Stemming from the advice given by Arahat Mahinda to King Devanampiya Tissa (3 C.BCE), that all beings including the animals in the forest and the birds in the air have a right to live, tradition dictated that all precious resources, are always protected. The thick forest covered hills and mountains, referred to, by Ferguson (1815) as black, leach infested and full of animals”, were dedicated to the Gods or Devas, and as a royal decree ensured its continuous protection, very few went in to desecrate it. The central highlands...