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 Pakistan - stertching from the snows of the high Karakoram Mountain ranges in the north, (k2 Mount Godwin- Austen is the world s second highest mountain) across the Indus plain fed by the five rivers of the Punjab to the country s commercial capital , Karachi, on the Arabian Sea - offers extraordinary geographical, culture diversity and warm welcoming people .
The mountainous north of the country leading to the Himalayan  massif contains superb scenery and comfortable hill stations where log fires crackle in the crisp air . Peshawar, city of the Khyber, has witnessed many of the great events that have shaped the history of pakistan . Lahore, where history stretches back a thousand years, is the cultural and intellectual center- and was home to many of the sub- continent s most powerful rulers, including Akbar, Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb, whose magnificent Moghul heritage may still be seen in the city s handhome buildings and exqisite formal gardens . Ancient Rawalpindi and its modren twin city of Islamabad, the purpose -built capital which was designed by Constantions Doxiadis in the 1960s, boasts one of the largest mosques in the world , the Shah Faisal Mosque, with room for 100,000 worshippers .
Throughout the country there is excellent shopping -good buys include hand- knotted Pakistani carpets, shawals, onyxware, intrcately- carved furniture, silver, copper , brassware and leather goods .
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