Day: August 15, 2015

Young graduate wants to replicate ancient art in jewellery

By Fazal Khaliq  MINGORA: Alizai Bilal Khan, a graduate in gems and jewellery design from Pakistan Institute of Fashion and Design Lahore, is determined to introduce the nifty art in the craving of Gandhara civilisation and floral designs of ancient Swat art to the world by replicating it in fine jewellery. Under the theme of ‘Legacy of Pakhtun Jewellery’, the young graduate has undertaken the task to introduce a new form of jewellery by amalgamating conventional and contemporary style of ornaments with the designs of Gandhara art and ancient Swati wood carvings. “Being a nature-inspired artist and designer since...

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Amluk Darra where tourists enjoy scenery and history

By Fazal Khaliq  SWAT: Perched in the middle of a circular range of lush green mountains and sheltered by the historic Mount Elum, Amluk Dara stupa offers both its historic majesty and scenic paradise to the tourists. Located in Amluk Darra village at a distance of two kilometres from Barikot-Buner road in Swat valley, the second to 10th century Buddhist complex is considered one of the jewels of Gandhara civilisation. The stupa was first discovered by Sir Aurel Stein, a Hungarian-British archaeologist, in one of his visits to Swat in 1926 who had mentioned that the stupa was possibly...

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