Thursday, February 12, 2009

Islamabad

History
Islamabad is the beautiful city and capital of Pakistan having population of 524,500 located at North East of its twin city Rawalpindi. This is the first city in Pakistan, which is properly planned. There are all the facilities of modern life. Its perfect atmosphere and geographical position makes it more attractive for the tourists. As it is properly planned and well constructed city of the country so it is also grooming in real estate industry. It is divided into sectors for the utility of public. Therefore, life here is very enjoyable. Several places are worth visiting in Islamabad like:

Faisal Mosque
Damn-e-Koh
Shakerpariyan
Pirsuhawa
Rawal Lake

Islamabad is well known for IT solutions. There are numerous software houses, which are giving significant amount of revenue to government and paying their pivotal role in the economic growth of the country. Software houses and other IT institution along with other government and private sectors departments are giving jobs to youth of country and thus minimizing joblessness in the country. Islamabad being modern city is the trendsetter in fashion and entertainment industry of the country. Some major companies include:

Small And Medium Microfinance Investment Companies: -

McDonald’s
Touchstone And Ora-Tech Technologies
Media Linkers Pvt Ltd
Askari Financing And Leasing
D. Watson Pvt Ltd
Ahmed And Co Barristers
Mobilink
Ufone
Telenor
Warid
Zong.

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Nankana Sahib

Nankana Sahib, also known as Raipur is a City in the province of Punjab. Located at 31°26'51N 73°41'50E - about 75 kilometres west of Lahore and about 55 kilometres East from Faisalabad,[1] with a population of almost 160,000 [2], it is also the capital of Nankana Sahib District. It is known as the birthplace of Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikhism, and is a popular pilgrimage site.

Holy places
The town has nine gurdwaras including the Gurdwara Janam Asthan which marks the birth place of Guru Nanak Dev. Each of the gurdwaras is related with important events in Guru Nanak's life. Annually, approximately 25,000 Sikh pilgrims visit the town[3], with about 15,000 gathering during the peak season around the birthday celebrations of Guru Nanak.

Administration
The area around Nankana Sahib was formerly a tehsil of Sheikhupura District. In May 2005, the provincial government decided to raise the status of Nankana Sahib to that of a district [4] as a way of promoting development in the area. Now Nankana Sahib is a District.

Development
The state government has developed plans [5] to develop Nankana Sahib with various projects including a rest house for Sikh pilgrims, a new hotel, a shopping mall, a housing scheme, a modern hospital and a roadlink to the Lahore and Faisalabad dual-Carriage way. A trans-national bus link is proposed that would operate between Nankana Sahib and Amritsar of Indian Punjab.

Monday, February 9, 2009

Hyderabad

HYDERABAD is 164 km north of Karachi the second largest city in Sindh and 5th largest in Pakistan. Hyderab ad was capital of Sindhh between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Founded in 1768 on the site of the ancient town of Nirun-Kot by Ghulam Shah Kalhora, Hyderabad was laid out by his son,Sarfaraz Khan, in 1782 and was the capital of the emirs of Sindh. The British East India Company occupied Hyderabad when the Sindh became a British protectorate in 1839. From 1947 to 1955 Hyderabad was the capital of Sindh Province.Hyderabad was incorporated as a municipality in 1853.Today newly developed settlements and industrial estates surround the congested old city area.In the old city, buildings are topped by badgirs ("wind-atchers") that look like chimneys on roof tops.They catch the cool breezes which blow steadily in a south-west direction for 40 days from late April each year. Hyderabad is hot for most of the year,although in autumn and winter the temperature dips down to around 24 C . In the old sections of the town, cows still roam the streets giving it a distinctly medieval atmo.