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Arrested
tree at Landi Kotal
“I
AM UNDER ARREST”
In 1898, A British army officer James Squid in a
state of drunkenness feel an old banyan tree lurch towards him. He ordered mess
Havaldar to arrest the tree immediately. Presently, it is Khyber Rifles
Officers Mess; at Landikotal in Khyber Agency (FATA), at historic Khyber Pass, Pakistan. To this day, it stands
fettered and forlorn, with a board hanging on it that reads: “I am under
arrest.”
The
tree is still under arrest after all these years in remembrance of the British
invasion of the sub continent.
Historic
Khyber Pass, has witnessed the jostle of multiple empires as they fought for
the remote, rich expanses of the Hindukush. Harsh socio-political imprints left
behind by Alexander, Genghis Khan, and Amir Timur. All they came here from
north side. Sikhs also came here and establish their state, they came from
Lahore. After all British are dispersed throughout the craggy defiles and they
came from south in this area.
Now,
these tribal areas are trapped in the midst of another vortex, the ‘war on
terror.’
Tag :// Army,
Tag :// Arrested,
Tag :// British,
Tag :// FATA,
Tag :// Khyber Pass,
Tag :// Landi Kotal,
Tag :// tree
Ayub National Park, Rawalpindi
Ayubia National Park, Abbottabad
Broghil valley National Park, Chitral
Central Karakoram National Park, Gilgit and Skardu
Chinji National Park, Chakwal
Chitral National Park, Chitral
Deosai National Park
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Deva Vatala, National Park is spread over an area of 2993 acres
and located in district Bhimber (AJK)
Hazarganji Chiltan National Park, Quetta
ہزار گنج چلتن نیشنل پارک پاکستان کا ایک خوبصورت نیشنل پارک ہے۔
National
Parks --- Pakistan
National
Park
|
Established
|
Area
|
||
Ayub National Park
(Army
Heritage Foundation)
|
1958
|
931 ha
(2,301 acres)
|
||
1984
|
3,312 ha
(8,184 acres)
|
|||
2010
|
134,744
ha (332,960 acres)
|
|||
1993
|
1,390,100
ha (3,435,012 acres)
|
|||
1987
|
6,095 ha
(15,061 acres)
|
|||
1984
|
7,750 ha
(19,151 acres)
|
|||
1993
|
358,400
ha (885,626 acres)
|
|||
2009
|
2,993 ha
(7,396 acres)
|
|||
1988
|
167,700
ha (414,396 acres)
|
|||
2004
|
27,271 ha
(67,388 acres)
|
|||
2009
|
52,815 ha
(130,509 acres)
|
|||
1980
|
15,555 ha
(38,437 acres)
|
|||
1988
|
165,004
ha (407,734 acres)
|
|||
—
|
233,468
ha (576,912 acres)
|
|||
2009
|
36,965 ha
(91,343 acres)
|
|||
1975
|
226,913
ha (560,714 acres)
|
|||
1974
|
308,733
ha (762,896 acres)
|
|||
1972
|
87,426 ha
(216,034 acres)
|
|||
2003
|
30,375 ha
(75,058 acres)
|
|||
1996
|
13,532 ha
(33,438 acres)
|
|||
1980
|
17,386 ha
(42,962 acres)
|
|||
2009
|
57,581 ha
(142,286 acres)
|
|||
2005
|
5,625 ha
(13,900 acres)
|
|||
2010
|
4,500 ha
(11,120 acres)
|
|||
2011
|
74,000 ha
(182,858 acres)
|
|||
2003
|
4,867 ha
(12,027 acres)
|
|||
1993
|
164,000
ha (405,253 acres)
|
|||
1993
|
15,540 ha
(38,400 acres)
|
|||
2005
|
5,045 ha
(12,466 acres)
|
Source of Text & images: wikipedia & google
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Tag :// Baluchistan,
Tag :// Foundation,
Tag :// Gilgit Baltistan,
Tag :// Heritage,
Tag :// Islamabad,
Tag :// Kashmir,
Tag :// Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,
Tag :// National,
Tag :// Pakistan,
Tag :// Park,
Tag :// Parks,
Tag :// Punjab,
Tag :// Rawalpindi,
Tag :// Sindh
