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Affan Baghpati

Affan Baghpati

Pakistani artist Affan Baghpati site specific installation at the Dubai Expo.The installation was inspired by the minarets in Sacred Spaces. The visual motifs of the “Chand Tara” and “Surmadani Phooljaal”...

Affan Baghpati

Pakistani artist Affan Baghpati site specific installation at the Dubai Expo.The installation was inspired by the minarets in Sacred Spaces. The visual motifs of the “Chand Tara” and “Surmadani Phooljaal”...

Introducing the Dastaangoi Candle Lamp

Introducing the Dastaangoi Candle Lamp

The Dastaangoi Candle Lamp is designed in house and uniquely hand crafted by artisans using age old brass working techniques in Pakistan. These metal working techniques can be dated back...

Introducing the Dastaangoi Candle Lamp

The Dastaangoi Candle Lamp is designed in house and uniquely hand crafted by artisans using age old brass working techniques in Pakistan. These metal working techniques can be dated back...

Metal working techniques in Pakistan

Metal working techniques in Pakistan

Metal working techniques in Pakistan can be dated back to the 16th century. Pakistan's rich history coupled with the ancient civilisations such as Harappa, Mohenjodaro, Taxila and even the Mughals...

Metal working techniques in Pakistan

Metal working techniques in Pakistan can be dated back to the 16th century. Pakistan's rich history coupled with the ancient civilisations such as Harappa, Mohenjodaro, Taxila and even the Mughals...

The shaheen falcon

The shaheen falcon

The shaheen falcon is a subspecies of the peregrine falcon found mainly in the Indian subcontinent. The shaheen is a small and powerful-looking falcon with blackish upperparts, rufous underparts with...

The shaheen falcon

The shaheen falcon is a subspecies of the peregrine falcon found mainly in the Indian subcontinent. The shaheen is a small and powerful-looking falcon with blackish upperparts, rufous underparts with...

Early 1960s Rawalpindi

Early 1960s Rawalpindi

Rawalpindi:The intersection at Kashmir Road and Adamjee Road in the early 1960s.Photo courtesy of Vintage Pakistan.

Early 1960s Rawalpindi

Rawalpindi:The intersection at Kashmir Road and Adamjee Road in the early 1960s.Photo courtesy of Vintage Pakistan.

Be-karaan • بے کراں (adj) (Persian)

Be-karaan • بے کراں (adj) (Persian)

Be-karaan • بے کراں (adj)(Persian)Limitless, boundless.Example of the word in use in a verse by Makhmoor Jalandhari:‘Maujudgi-e-jannat-o-dozaḳh se hai ayaan, rahmat hai ek bahr magar be-karaan nahin.’‘The presence of Heaven...

Be-karaan • بے کراں (adj) (Persian)

Be-karaan • بے کراں (adj)(Persian)Limitless, boundless.Example of the word in use in a verse by Makhmoor Jalandhari:‘Maujudgi-e-jannat-o-dozaḳh se hai ayaan, rahmat hai ek bahr magar be-karaan nahin.’‘The presence of Heaven...