Numaan's Diary » history http://diary.sabza.org Stories, life, and other things Fri, 25 Nov 2011 10:20:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Help Save Radio Pakistan Karachi http://diary.sabza.org/2009/09/28/help-save-radio-pakistan-karachi/ http://diary.sabza.org/2009/09/28/help-save-radio-pakistan-karachi/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:57:24 +0000 Numaan http://diary.sabza.org/?p=84 Continue reading →]]> Radio Pakistan

Radio Pakistan Karachi’s historical building is crying for attention. This building is significant in many ways. It is not just another old building in the old town district of Karachi. It is a valuable library containing important historical speeches, performances by the maestros and audio archives covering the history of Pakistan. Concerned citizens are requested to take action, write to the Chairman of Pakistan broadcasting corporation and ask him to take proper measures to preserve this important cultural heritage.

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History of Rail Transport in India. The article doesn’t cover the developments in the areas that are now in Pakistan. Indian Railways Fan Club has more comprehensive history of Railway in India, including a historic railway map of India from 1893 showing developments in Western sub-continent that now makes Pakistan.

Adda-Fication is doing a series on the events of 1971, fall of Dhaka and creation of Bangladesh. In the first post of this series, the author was asked:

My new friend went to ask if I picked the Bengali side or the Muslim side in that fight.

While you are there, don’t forget to read ‘Speaking of Pakistan‘.

Jahan-e-Rumi has a post about public sculptures of Lahore. Rumi’s post is based on a post by Sheraz, but I can not find a link to the original post.

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