2nd century BCE to the 9th century CE, Buddhist monastic communities, distinctive mortuary practice, skilful water management, and long distant trade. At all three Pyu Ancient City sites, the ...

One of the first cetaceans, Pakicetus, was a goat-sized creature that lived along the banks of lakes and rivers in present-day Pakistan. Although it looked nothing like a whale, Pakicetus ...

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is ...

Travel writer Pauline Anne discovers the natural beauty and charm of Pakistan.

However, skyscrapers aren’t new. The origins of skyscraper construction can be traced back 492 years to the ancient city of Shibam in Yemen. Here, the city's 7,000 residents lived in ...

Zoroastrianism, founded by the prophet Zarathustra, was the predominant religion of the ancient Persian empire ... life is ...

It also locates the southern cities of Gwadar and Karachi, and the northern city of Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan. Balochistan is Pakistan’s largest province by land area, covering ...

Archaeologists discovered an ancient underground city beneath Abarkuh, Iran, where residents in Iran escaped above-ground heat. In the subterranean settlement, they found an aqueduct to transport ...

Quetta, Pakistan — Pakistani insurgents opened fire ... The train was traveling from the provincial capital of Quetta to the northern city of Peshawar when it came under attack, government ...

Myanmar leader says 4,521 people are injured and 441 are missing; Thailand's national death toll from the quake stands at 20.

The train was on its way from Quetta in Balochistan, Pakistan’s westernmost province, to the northwestern city of Peshawar. “Armed individuals stopped Jaffer Express inside Tunnel No.