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Saturday 16 July 2011

Pakistan Museum of Natural History

Pakistan Museum of Natural History (PMNH) situated at Garden Avenue, Shakarparian, Islamabad was established in 1976 under the patronage of Pakistan Science Foundation, Ministry of Science & Technology (Government of Pakistan). It has four principal divisions namely:

  • Botanical Sciences Division
  • Zoological Sciences Division
  • Earth Sciences Division
  • Public Services Division.


The museum is divided into five galleries:

  1. Bio Gallery
  2. Tethys Gallery
  3. Gemstones Gallery
  4. Eco Gallery
  5. Palaeo Gallery

Virtual Orientation Gallery (VOG) is a creative achievement in the field of information technology and consists of informative software on Natural History. VOG runs on a network of computer systems located in the PMNH Display Centre with each computer using touch screen technology for an interactive learning experience








Friday 8 July 2011

Khewra Salt Mines



Khewra Salt Mines is the second largest salt mine in the world. It is located is Khewra in District Jhelum



Directions:
160 kilometres from Islamabad
260 KM from Lahore
















Saturday 2 July 2011

Damn-e-Koh

DAMAN-E-KOH
Height: About 3000 ft from sea level




Daman-e-Koh is a viewing point and hill top modern garden almost 1000ft higher than city of Islamabad. It is popular among the residents as well as the visitors to Islamabad.