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| − | + | On World Tourism Day last year Sindh Tourism Development Corporation packed a busload of media people and took them out on a trip to '''Makli''' and '''Keenjhar.''' Makli, as we all probably do not know, is the world’s largest Muslim necropolis (graveyard). Keenjhar Lake, aside from being a critical reservoir of water for a parched land, is also the final resting place of Noori, the commoner wife of King Jam Tamachi, who insisted on being buried amongst her own people after a life lived in regal splendour. | |
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While the post-Monsoons lush green ‘deserts’ of Thar provide a golden opportunity to promote tourism, the riches of our oceans beg for attention. In the words of Bill Poole, the subject specialist from California, Pakistan’s territorial waters contain a treasure trove of fish variety, notably the Black Marlin and Yellow Fin Tuna, prized game for sport fishers the world over. | While the post-Monsoons lush green ‘deserts’ of Thar provide a golden opportunity to promote tourism, the riches of our oceans beg for attention. In the words of Bill Poole, the subject specialist from California, Pakistan’s territorial waters contain a treasure trove of fish variety, notably the Black Marlin and Yellow Fin Tuna, prized game for sport fishers the world over. | ||
| − | + | '''Karachi is known to organise sport-fishing tournaments ''' | |
| − | Further up north in the Karakoram, the sport of trophy hunting has been systemised with the phased culling of the Himalayan Ibex. Hunting licenses for these magnificent animals draw handsome foreign exchange every year, with a good percentage of the proceeds going directly to the welfare of the communities in whose neighbourhood the hunting is done. This has motivated the locals to conserve the mountain sheep, instead of decimating them through hunting for their meat. — A.A. | + | Further up north in the Karakoram (in Gilgit-Baltistan), the sport of trophy hunting has been systemised with the phased culling of the Himalayan Ibex. Hunting licenses for these magnificent animals draw handsome foreign exchange every year, with a good percentage of the proceeds going directly to the welfare of the communities in whose neighbourhood the hunting is done. This has motivated the locals to conserve the mountain sheep, instead of decimating them through hunting for their meat. — A.A. |
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Sindh
The dynamo within
On World Tourism Day last year Sindh Tourism Development Corporation packed a busload of media people and took them out on a trip to Makli and Keenjhar. Makli, as we all probably do not know, is the world’s largest Muslim necropolis (graveyard). Keenjhar Lake, aside from being a critical reservoir of water for a parched land, is also the final resting place of Noori, the commoner wife of King Jam Tamachi, who insisted on being buried amongst her own people after a life lived in regal splendour.
Sindh Tourism Development Corporation’s new focus is on the Thar region,
While the post-Monsoons lush green ‘deserts’ of Thar provide a golden opportunity to promote tourism, the riches of our oceans beg for attention. In the words of Bill Poole, the subject specialist from California, Pakistan’s territorial waters contain a treasure trove of fish variety, notably the Black Marlin and Yellow Fin Tuna, prized game for sport fishers the world over.
Karachi is known to organise sport-fishing tournaments
Further up north in the Karakoram (in Gilgit-Baltistan), the sport of trophy hunting has been systemised with the phased culling of the Himalayan Ibex. Hunting licenses for these magnificent animals draw handsome foreign exchange every year, with a good percentage of the proceeds going directly to the welfare of the communities in whose neighbourhood the hunting is done. This has motivated the locals to conserve the mountain sheep, instead of decimating them through hunting for their meat. — A.A.
