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Here are some things you may not know about Chokundi Cemetery

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The "Chokundi Cemetery", named after the 600-year-old city of Khumshan, has a history buried in itself. The cemetery is located behind the Razzaqabad Police Training Center near Steel Town, about 38 km from Karachi. What does quadrant mean? The quadrilateral is called the "four corners". All the tombs here have four corners, which is probably why it is known as the "Chokundi Cemetery". The tombs here are said to belong to the "Jokhio" and "Baloch" tribes. Domes are supported by pillars. The Chokundi cemetery is in a way divided into two parts. The number of graves is low in the eastern part and very high in the western part. The locals say that in the eastern part of the cemetery are the graves of the Jokhio tribe while in the western part are the graves of the Baloch people. The Chokundi Cemetery is a masterpiece of architecture and sculpture and is historically one of the most important cemeteries in Pakistan. All the tombs here are m...

The only city in the world with a 32-story cemetery, what is the real story behind this unique work?

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The world's population is growing rapidly. Not only is there a shortage of housing for the living, but it is also becoming increasingly difficult to find a suitable eternal resting place after death. The number of deaths in the world is also increasing rapidly and it is time that there is no place to bury in the cemetery. In some societies corpses are cremated and buried, while in the divine religions the dead are buried. Graves and land are dwindling due to population growth. To overcome this problem, in some countries the practice of building cemeteries in the form of buildings instead of ground cemeteries is on the rise. Due to the availability of land for graves and the proportion of the population, construction of a high-rise building began in 1983 in the Brazilian city of Santos, which has now become the tallest cemetery in the world and is listed in the Guinness World Records. It has also been in the Book of Records. This beautiful 32-storey building at the foot of a mountai...

11 dead, multiple injured as buildings collapse in Karachi's Golimar area

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KARACHI: Three residential buildings in the city’s Golimar area collapsed on Thursday, killing 11 and wounding more than a dozen people, officials said. MLO  Abbasi Shaheed Hospital informed that bodies of seven women, three children and one man were brought after the incident. At least 18 people were wounded in the incident, said  Police surgeon Dr Qarrar Abbasi. "Among those who have been identified in the building collapse are Haider, Maryam, Yahya, Hira and Ghulam Mustafa," she said. One woman had also died in the building collapse but authorities had not been able to identify her yet. Rescue sources informed that two children were also  rescued. Those wounded were shifted to a nearby medical facility. Army and Karachi Metropolitan Corporation’s team also reached the site of incident to aid the rescue operations. According to police, three buildings collapsed in the area, with one of them being completely destroyed, while major part of the other two buildings was raze...

COVID-19: Marriage hall association urges authorities to allow opening of wedding halls, banquets

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Amid the resumption of most businesses across the country after  government eased lockdown restrictions last month, President Marriage Halls Association Rana Raees Ahmed has appealed to authorities to allow marriage halls to reopen under the implementation of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), reported   Geo News  on Sunday. Ahmed said that due to the lockdown, the business of marriage hall owners had come to a standstill leading to severe anxiety among them. "The Marriage Hall Association has prepared a model banquet under SOPs under which chairs will be placed at a distance from the halls, disinfection gate will be installed at the main gate and guests will be served food on the table," he said. Ahmed assured that in any case of transgression of the issued laws, the association will take adequate action against the violators. He went on to add that with the closure of the halls, several people have lost their jobs, with 50% of the industries being affected. Stre...

Combine chewing gum with cheap vegetable paste and control sugar and obesity

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Allah Almighty has blessed the soil of Pakistan with the privilege that if there are various kinds of precious minerals under its surface, then there are also very useful plants on its surface - which are not only very tasty in terms of taste but also have benefits. There is also a vegetable chong which is found in all the four provinces of Pakistan where there are rocks or there is a shortage of water. What is Chongqing? Chong is a vegetable belonging to the cactus family. It is carnivorous. It is branched and its leaves are in the form of thorns. What is eaten is used by the people of KPK and Balochistan in curry. Besides, it is also used to make pickles and sauces. In Pashto, it is called Pamanke How to use chewing gum It is bitter like bitter gourd in terms of taste, so its stem is first peeled and the thorny leaves on it are cleaned - then it is boiled and then the water is dropped. It is eaten by grinding and frying with minced meat. Its taste is like bitter gourd. The benefits o...

وزیراعظم عمران خان ٹیکنوکریٹس کے نرغے میں

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When the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government came to power under Imran Khan after the 2018 general elections, it claimed that it would provide economic prosperity and a better standard of living to the people by introducing effective governance with a limited cabinet. But the government has not even completed its first year when the government's performance has come under fire due to rising inflation. Elected governments do not tolerate such criticism for long. The same thing happened this time. The upheaval in the federal cabinet was not sudden. Khachri had been cooking for several days but the story came to light on April 15 in the form of a news leak on various television channels and it was said that important changes would be made in the federal cabinet, including Finance Minister Asad Omar. But in the evening, government spokesmen denied the news of the change and PEMRA took notice of the broadcast of the false news against the relevant TV channels. There was silence fo...

تیل کا بحران: پاکستان میں ’سستے پیٹرول‘ کی قلت کی وجہ کیا ہے؟

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سب کے ذہن پر ایک ہی سوال ہے۔ پیٹرول سستا ہوگیا تو مل کیوں نہیں رہا؟ جمعرات کو پشاور ہائی کورٹ نے پیٹرول کے بحران سے متعلق کیس کی سماعت کے دوران وفاقی وزیر پیڑولیم عمر ایوب کی موجودگی میں یہ حکم جاری کیا کہ تین دن کے اندر اندر تیل کا بحران ختم کیا جائے اور تفصیلی رپورٹ جمع کرائی جائے۔ پاکستان کی حکومت کے مطابق ملک میں تیل کی ایک ’مصنوعی قلت‘ جان بوجھ کر پیدا کی گئی ہے۔ وفاقی وزیر پیڑولیم عمر ایوب نے سماعت کے دوران کہا کہ پیڑول کے بحران کی اصل وجہ ذخیرہ اندوزی اور مافیا ہے جس کے خلاف وہ کارروائی کررہے ہیں۔ یاد رہے کہ عالمی منڈی میں تیل کی طلب اور قیمتوں میں کمی کے بعد پاکستان میں بھی رواں ماہ کے لیے تیل کی مصنوعات کو مزید سستا کیا گیا تھا۔   پیٹرول کا موجودہ بحران کتنا سنگین ہے؟ پاکستان کے وزیر اعظم عمران خان نے پیٹرولیم ڈویژن اور آئل اینڈ گیس ریگولیٹری اتھارٹی (اوگرا) کو ملک میں پیٹرول کی سپلائی کو پورا کرنے کی ہدایات ایک ایسے وقت میں جاری کی ہیں جب ملک میں پیٹرول کا بحران ہے اور پمپس پر گاڑیوں اور موٹر سائیکلوں کی لمبی قطاریں لگی ہوئی ہیں۔ ملک کے کچھ حصوں میں پیٹرول کی کمی سنگین صو...