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Mighty Karakorum Highway: Silk road of Pakistan

23Nov

By Aqsa Azam3 Comments

Pakistan

Mighty Karakorum Highway: Silk road of Pakistan

A prominent gateway for trade in country. Mighty Karakorum Highway plays a vital role in our diplomatic relations. With the upgrade and maintenance it is providing great revenue as well as tourism to the country. The Mighty Karakorum Highway or KKH also known as silk road of Pakistan. The highest paved road in the world that connects Pakistan and Western China. It built by the collaboration of both countries. If you are an avid traveler, this road serves as a heaven to your esthetic sense. It built in the time span of 20 years. Whereas started in 1959 and completed in 1979. Opened for general public in 1988. The two-way road (known as Karakorum Highway and China-Pakistan Friendship Highway) is 1.300km (810 mi) long (Pakistan: 887 km (551 mi) and China: 413 km (257 mi), running th...

China says it will help rebuild Afghanistan

20Aug

By Abdullah1 Comment

Global

China says it will help rebuild Afghanistan

China, which allegedly was one of the first to accept Taliban rule, now says they will help them rebuild Afghanistan. Political experts suggest that this is China's effort to maintain peace amid heavy investments in the CPEC project. BEIJING, CHINA - On Thursday 19th July, the Foreign Ministry of China, gave out a detailed briefing about the China's take on Taliban's capture of Afghanistan. China was allegedly the first country that agreed to accept Taliban if they took over Afghanistan. China's Foreign Ministry in the briefing showed the same acceptance and support towards the new government. The Ministry said that China, alongside the international community, will continue support in the peaceful rebuilding of Afghanistan while also assisting Afghanistan with its social and economic...

Things specifically not to do in Ghost Month

11Aug

By Aqsa Azam2 Comments

Culture

Things specifically not to do in Ghost Month

Asian Halloween or Hungry Ghost Month, A centuries old tradition followed in 7th lunar month. Undoubtedly an eccentric recital to give peace to their deceased ones. Following with the year of uninterrupted prosperity. Asians are indeed really emotional towards their ancient traditions. Some are followed for centuries. One of them is Ghost Month or Hungry Ghost Month. It is followed on 15th of 7th lunar month known as Ghost Day, besides the whole month referred as Ghost Month. In 2021 the ghost month starts from 8th of August and ends on September 6th. It is clashing with Father's day on 8th of August so according to numerology, two 8s makes it a lucky day. Other name of this tradition is Zhongyuan Festival in Taoism and Yulanpen Festival in Buddhism. The main essence of this festi...

China Should Cooperate with Information and Data, Says WHO

23Jul

By AbdullahNo Comments

Opinion

China Should Cooperate with Information and Data, Says WHO

WHO is pleading China to cooperate in the second round of investigations for the pandemic outbreak It has been over a year since pandemic hit the world in the end of 2019. Since then, WHO has been trying its best to find a source and data of this medical catastrophe. The virus began in Wuhan, China and then spread throughout the world as an airborne contaminated disease. However, there are speculations of how it all began ranging from it was transmitted through bats or was an outcome of a lab failure at the Wuhan Institute of Virology - one of China's top virus research labs. Though WHO has stated that there are possibilities that it might have emerged from a bat and other reasons still stand. According to them it is highly unlikely that it occurred from a lab mistake. WHO St...