Makran Coastal Highway is a 653 km-long coastal highway along Pakistan’s Arabian Sea coastline. It is a part of Pakistan’s National Highways network. It runs primarily through Balochistan province between Karachi and Gwadar, passing near the port towns of Ormara and Pasni. After completion of the Makran Coastal Highway, the average journey time between Karachi and Gwadar has been reduced ... Read More »
Lowari Top is 3118 meter forested pass between Dir and Chitral. it normally open to vehicles from June to October. It is incredible how the weather beaten road scrambles over it, laboring in wide loops up the Dir side; and then plunging into Chitral in about 50 sphincter tightening switchbacks.It is roughly a 70 km or 3 1/2 hours drive between ... Read More »
History is repeating itself in Kiev, and the West can take no pride in its role I have fond memories of covering Ukraine’s Orange Revolution in 2004, despite having to stand in sub-zero temperatures for hours on end. For those of us in Kiev’s Independence Square, there was a sense that history was being made. The star of the show ... Read More »
Information is soft power. This is what we tell students in the classrooms. But it does turn out to be a lethal power in this environment as modern technology has given this tool more power than we had thought off or even anticipated just a few decades ago. Readers will be surprised to know that more than 1,000 TV stations ... Read More »
Davide Zingarelli attends the Jean Paul Gaultier show at Paris Fashion Week. Picture: Stephane Cardinale/People Avenue/Corbis Read More »
People visit the Chitose-Lake Shikotsu Ice Festival illuminated by colorful light to produce a fantastic world in Chitose, Japan, Jan. 24, 2014. Read More »
A kite during the annual Khmer kite flying festival in central Phnom Penh, Cambodia Read More »
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