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PAKISTAN, LAND of PURE

The world's highest mountain ranges deserve their existence from the collision between the Indian continent and the Asian. The resulting Himalayas, Hindu Kush and Karakoram meet in Northern Pakistan. The enduring impact is responsible for an ever-rising outcrop, which is so steep that it erodes at the same pace; for sun, frost, wind and rain have no merci for this region.

Abundant water having cut a valley the Indus River is carrying those residues down, in the process leaving sediments behind where it pleases. As a result river beddings, valleys, flood planes and the Arabian Sea are loaded with boulders, gravel, sand, silt and clay. Also the still waters of reservoirs behind the many dams offer huge resting places for deposits, the latter at the expense of their water storage capacity.

As a matter of fact back in 1968 we had already visited Karachi on our way home from Colombo. Unlike today the city was so peacefully that the biggest danger stemmed from the snake charmers' baskets on the sidewalks and the camel-drawn carts in the streets. From the mid eighties I have been coming to the country for a series of assignments bringing us to cities as Lahore, Faisalabad, Multan, Sukkur and Peshawar, as well as to all the major valleys and many of the minor ones of the northern reaches.

We were astonished by the countries' riches of its nature and cultural heritage, and made attempts to learn about the many cultures, the religious ways and people's lifestyles.

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