The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Khawaja Muhammad Asif has said that Asif Ali Zardari is the main culprit of the PPP.Talking to a private TV channel, Khawaja Asif who has won his seat from Sialkot NA-110 and PP-123 said that President Zardari devastated the political heritage of the ...

SYDNEY: Australia insisted it was committed to protecting the Great Barrier Reef on Saturday after the UN warned that the natural wonder's world heritage status could be in downgraded in 2014. UNESCO said little had been done to address concerns about rampant coastal development and water quality ...

TOKYO Japan’s Mount Fuji will likely be added to the list of Unesco World Heritage sites next month after an influential advisory panel to the UN cultural body made a recommendation, officials said Wednesday.The International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), a consultative body to ...

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    HILTON HEAD   Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell defeated Webb Simpson at the first hole of a sudden-death playoff on Sunday to win the US PGA Tour's Heritage tournament. McDowell, the 2010 US Open champion, defeated the reigning US Open title holder Simpson with a par at the ...

ISLAMABAD - Monk Maranantha, the monk who spread Buddhism in Korea, China and Japan was born in Gandhara.Documentary film made by Korean broadcasting system showing the route that monk Maranantha took for traveling to Korea will be shown at Pakistan National Council of Arts (PNCA) on April 14 at ...

ISLAMABAD  – Pakistan National Museum of Ethnology, popularly known as Heritage Museum, at Shakarparian nicely projects country’s living culture at the national and international level, as it is not only frequented by Pakistani nationals but also by the foreign delegates and ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - The 3-day conference on 'Cultural Heritage Issues in Pakistan: Archaeology, Museums and Conservation concluded here Saturday with presentation of final papers by experts and scholars in the filed. During the last session of the conference, Afzal Khan, Deputy Director, Department ...

ISLAMABAD - With my thanks for preserving, in this magnificent museum, an indispensable record of the variety, beauty and quality of Pakistan, wrote Richard Holbrooke, US Special Representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan, in the Visitors Book of the Heritage Museum after paying a visit to the ...

KARACHI (PR) - Endowment Fund for Preserving the Physical Heritage of Sindh was established by the Government of Sindh, with. Jahangir Siddiqui as its chairman and a panel of board members including Hameed Haroon, Ms Nafisa Shah, Prof. Dr Nilofer Shaikh and Mazharul Haq Siddiqui. The board had ...

ISLAMABAD - Directorate of Films and Publications (DFP) is determined to preserve Pakistan's rich heritage through its documentaries and publications, this was stated by the DG DFP Sajida Iqbal Syed during an exclusive interview with TheNation here on Thursday. Highlighting the evolution of DFP, ...

KARACHI - Napa, which occupies the Hindu Gymkhana premises, has now illegally constructing a theatre building within the premises of Hindu Gymkhana. The building is yet to be completed but the Napa associates had breech the trust by signing a deal with the cultural ministry of Sindh in 2005. ...

LAHORE - The Federal Shariat Court Chief Justice (r) Mian Mehboob Ahmad has said that the aim of creating Pakistan was that Muslims of Sub-continent could lead their lives according to the teachings of Islam. Had our ancestors not struggled for having a separate country, we would also have been ...

LAHORE - Unlike some other places of historical importance Islamabad does not have grand forts or palaces but it has rich cultural heritage that is in great danger of disappearing due to the development housing and recreational projects as well as plan to establish a new GHQ in E10 and D12 sectors ...