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The separation in 1947 of British India into the Muslim state of Pakistan (with two sections West and East) and largely Hindu India was never satisfactorily resolved, and India and Pakistan have fought two wars - in 1947-48 and 1965 - over the disputed Kashmir territory. A third war between these countries in 1971 - in which India capitalized on Islamabad's marginalization of Bengalis in Pakistani politics - resulted in East Pakistan becoming the separate nation of Bangladesh. In response to Indian nuclear weapons testing, Pakistan conducted its own tests in 1998. The dispute over the state of Kashmir is ongoing, but recent discussions and confidence-building measures may be a start toward lessened tensions. To be updated

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By twiners
August 4th 2009

Babusar Top Naran- Islamabad Asia » Pakistan » North West Frontier Province » Naran

Jhel Road Raikot

Hameed, our driver in waiting, took us in his pride and joy the jeep along bumpy road towards beautiful Babusar pass to Naran passing Lulusar lake. Our hotel for the night was Afaq, comfortable. The next day we had a morning sojourn to the scenic lake Saiful Muluk and then a long drive along the Naran and Karakoram Highway (KKH) towards Islamabad, past gaudily decorated trucks and vans grossly overloaded with goods and passengers. Vehicles jostled for position along the way, spewing out diesel fumes in all directions. Some of the smaller pick-up trucks held up to 10 passengers in the [View Full Entry]

By LukeNUFC
August 3rd 2009

Nanga Parbat Asia » Pakistan » Northern Areas

Jeep Ride Up

We stayed and chilled at Qayum's for 3 or 4 days. Just relaxing, chatting and sorting out rough travel plans. We jumped on the back of Suzukis (little pick ups with seats in the back) down to Gilgit most days, I bought a shalwar kameez (which apparently lead to me becoming indistinguishable from some of the locals) and we both bought some hiking boots, decent ones, for less than 15 pounds for a couple of treks we had planned out. Gilgit town itself had a really nice feel to it, surrounded on all sides by large rocky mountains, poplar trees dot [View Full Entry]

By twiners
July 31st 2009

Trip to Paradise" Fairy Meadows & Nanga parbat" Unforgettable Asia » Pakistan » Northern Areas » Gilgit

We were in the departure lounge waiting for the P.I.A. flight to Gilgit. After a spectacular uneventful flight, we landed in a somewhat dusty, noisy, Gilgit and our senses were immediately bombarded from all angles by sights, sounds and smells, a subtle blend of cooking, herbs, spices, smoke and sewers.Gilgit bazar is a hive of activity everywhere, people milling, armed police, and other minibuses filling and leaving. The town is small and peaceful with the most phenomenal fruits on display. It has an abundance of shops selling fleeces, jackets, woolly socks and hats in order to combat the coo [View Full Entry]

By LukeNUFC
July 28th 2009

A Long Journey North... Asia » Pakistan » Northern Areas

Monsoon in Mumbai

This has been a long time coming, I know I'm a long way behind but bear with me.... Arriving into Mumbai on the night of the 22nd of June I was struck by the immense humidity for that time at night and also extremely amused by the "swine flu screening area" at CST Airport. Sign a bit of paper saying you don't have any fluey symptoms, pass it to a very serious looking Indian man in a surgical mask and off you go. Met a nice English bloke from Bolton called Pete coming off the flight and as he had nowhere [View Full Entry]

By Stoyles blog
July 5th 2009

Final Fling Asia » Pakistan » Punjab » Lahore

Home Economics

Final Fling Blog 5th JFinal Fling Blog 5th July 2009 3 weeks and we will be back in England—it seems so close yet so far away! We are busy in these last weeks writing the modules for the teacher training that will take place in the last week we are here-I am getting quite quick on the key board The lap top is one of the most useful items that we brought with us -infact we should have brought 2. Much of the training is based on making the lessons in the official Punjab texts books more in [View Full Entry]

By Stoyles blog
July 5th 2009

final fling 2! Asia » Pakistan » Punjab » Lahore

Dont know why all the text didnt get published! Better luck this time! Due to power cuts and slow internett this had been a whole Sundays work!!!!!!!!!! Final Fling Blog 5th July 2009 3 weeks and we will be back in England—it seems so close yet so far away! We are busy in these last weeks writing the modules for the teacher training that will take place in the last week we are here-I am getting quite quick on the key board The lap top is one of the most useful items that we brought with us -infa [View Full Entry]

By Turkishdelight
June 23rd 2009

The Heat is on Asia » Pakistan » Lahore

Welcome to Pakistan

Pakistan; Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Multan, Lahore Day 25- Karachi, Pakistan With the intention of avoiding the Afghanistan border we flew from Iran to Pakistan. Taking 2,5hours from Tehran to Karachi we were greeted into a warm but colourful country. Thankfully we were allowed to remove our headscarfs, it was only in religious places we needed to put them back on again. We were given police escorts throughout our stay in Pakistan, which felt slightly unnerving at the beginning but we quickly got accustomed to it… now I know what it feels like to be a celeb… After m [View Full Entry]

By Stoyles blog
June 9th 2009

time flies Asia » Pakistan » Lahore

In the store buying the cloth for uniforms

Blog How time flies! {When you’re having fun!} Can’t believe that we will back in England in under 2 months time! We have very mixed feelings about it---so happy to be seeing family and friends again sooner than expected ,and enjoying the delights of alcohol and a wider variety of food via pubs and Tescos!! But frustrated that we may not get all the tasks completed we had hoped to achieve, no new volunteers will be taking over from us and sad to leave some good new friends and sad to move away from our colonial guestroom on the farm which [View Full Entry]

By Stoyles blog
May 12th 2009

a typical day Asia » Pakistan » Punjab » Lahore

for DAD!

A Typical Day Not really, so let’s make one up from lots of other days with all the best Alarm goes off at 5.45 giving me a bit of snoozing time while the temperature is still pleasant. Getting Geoff out of bed is just as hard here as at home!!! Luckily we have a good bathroom with a shower and a western toilet. Plus geckoes and fireflies and cockroaches!! But we think that problem may be solved for abit due to nasty chemical spray, try not to stand on crunchy nearly dead bodies when visiting the bathroom at night in [View Full Entry]

By Stoyles blog
May 12th 2009

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