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The Hunza Valley in the Northern Areas of Pakistan is believed to have served as the inspiration for the novel Lost Horizons.
The entrance to Pakistan's Badshahi Mosque, or “imperial mosque,” as viewed from the mosque courtyard. Built by the Emperor Aurangzeb between 1671 and 1673, it remains the largest mosque of the Mughal period; its courtyard can accommodate 100,000 worshippers. The gateway leads out to the garden known as Hazuri Bagh, beyond which is the Alamgiri gate of the Lahore Fort.
The Indus River as it flows through the mountainous region of Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan.
The Karakoram Highway between Gilgit and Khunjerab Pass in Pakistan. A joint Chinese-Pakistani venture, the 1,300 km (808 mi) highway follows part of the ancient Silk Road and connects Gilgit-Baltistan with the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in China. It is one of the highest all-weather roads in the world, crossing the Khunjerab Pass over the Karakoram Mountains at an elevation of 4,714 m (15,466 ft).
Islamabad, Pakistan's capital city, was built in the 1960s to replace Karachi as Pakistan's capital, and it extends over 900 sq km (350 sq mi).
The Supreme Court Building in Islamabad, Pakistan, is flanked by the Prime Minister's Office to the south and Presidential and Parliament Houses to the north.
Karachi is the largest city in Pakistan and the capital of Sindh province. Located on the Arabian Sea, Karachi serves as a transport hub and is home to Pakistan's two largest seaports, the Port of Karachi and Port Bin Qasim, as well as Pakistan's busiest airport, Jinnah International Airport.
Peridot is one of the few gemstones that occurs in only one color, olive green. The peridot pictured is a modified barrel-cut 46.16-carat stone and the largest peridot from Pakistan in the Smithsonian Natural History Museum. The Egyptians first discovered the gemstone over 3,500 years ago. (Picture courtesy of the Smithsonian Natural History Museum/Ken Larson.)
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