Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Pakistan snow leopard to have new home

By M Ilyas KhanBBC News, Islamabad The snow leopard has spent two years in a cage by the side of a road Snow leopardThe snow leopard has spent two years in a cage by the side of a roadA snow leopard rescued by locals in northern Pakistan two years ago will be moved to a specially designed wildlife...
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Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Hunza: another view

With reportedly the highest GDP per capita and a literacy rate of above 80pc, the Hunza valley, originally famous for its natural beauty and high life expectancy rates, has been dubbed as a successful model of development within Pakistan and abroad. The models of poverty alleviation pursued by...
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Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Local sightseers inject new life into Hunza valley

Tourists visit the Baltit fort in Karimabad, a town of the northern Hunza valley. After a slump in foreign visitors triggered by a deadly attack last year, a new wave of local sightseers has saved tourism in Pakistan’s idyllic northern Hunza valley — but not everyone is happy. Though there are...
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