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Karachi
Karachi, the largest and the most popular city of Pakistan presents
an interesting and colorful combination of the old and new. The
narrow twisting lanes and alleys of the old city throb with life
alongside wide metallic roads and elegant modern buildings. Within
the city, talented artisans with age-old skills produce handicrafts
of exquisite beauty.
Karachi
offers a variety of pleasant attractions: wide sunny beaches, deep-sea
fishing, yachting, golf and horseracing all year round. It restaurants
cater to a wide choice of Pakistani and western cuisine. Its markets
and bazaars offer an endless variety of exciting shopping including
indigenous handicrafts, particularly rugs and carpets of rare design
and beauty.
Hyderabad
Hyderabad, once the capital of Sindh and now the third largest city
of Pakistan, is one of the oldest cities of the sub-continent. Its
history dates back to pre-Islamic times, when Ganjo Taken (barren
hill), a nearby hilly tract, was used as a place of worship. The
city traces its early history to Neroon, a Hindu ruler of the area
from whom the city derived its previous name, "Neroon Kot"
(Fort of Neroon). The next important phase of its history began
when the Indus changed its course from Khudabad.
Moenjodaro
On the west bank of the Indus, 350 miles from Karachi lies Moenjodaro
(Mound of the Dead), an archaeological site which has been rated
amongst the most spectacular of the world's ancient cities. Considered
one of the earliest and most developed of urban civilizations, Moenjodaro
flourished from the third to the middle of the second millennium
B.C., when it vanished, leaving only traces of its culture. Moenjodaro,
along with Harappa - some 800 miles away - formed part of the Indus
valley civilizations and it is now generally believed that these
were the cities, referred to in the Rigveda, that were destroyed
by Aryan invaders.
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