I am in Total Agreement with Mr Murtaza. I have been to these areas more than once. I was also narrated the scary stories of this Route.
Any How i think beside very good use of Vocabulary its an Immature expression of Thoughts.
ivy
February 12, 2011 2:23 am
NIce literary piece. The author has the gift of creative writing though the heading doesn't completely go with the rest of the story. But definitely he'll become a good writer particularly being a novelist infuture.
sibghat
February 11, 2011 9:47 pm
Well written and commendable piece of writing
Fried
February 11, 2011 4:41 pm
Lovely
Murtaza Ali
February 11, 2011 3:22 pm
I would say that the verbiage used by the author was catchy, and it made it an impressive piece. But I want to draw the attention of the readers towards its content. What I believe is that the things which refrain foreigners from visiting such natural replicas of heaven are not the terrorist threats, but the negative image portrayed by ourselves.
I have been to Skardu myself, and literally I had the time of my life. The place is no doubt out of this world, even the people and their hospitality is surely commendable. Despite the fact that we were complete strangers to them, they not just welcomed us, they even let us stay in their houses and shared their meals with us, and the fact is that we do not even share a culture or a language with them.
The author is probably referring to the area which is known as Kohistan, which you have to cross on your way to Skardu, and yes you have to travel in convoy while going through that route. But that area is not in control of any terrorist organization, the circumstances have made them dacoits. They have nothing but infertile land and dry mountains, and they are so much under privilege that we can hardly imagine. Because of this reason they are bound to do robberies. Even though their circumstances certainly do not justify their deeds. But I expect from the authors or bloggers to investigate first and then put their thoughts into words. Spreading chaos is an easy mean of getting recognition, but not on the cost of reputation of others.
tooba ghani
February 10, 2011 6:45 pm
Well expressed feelings...Good!
G.A.
February 10, 2011 5:57 pm
Then we wonder why no foreign tourists or cricket teams want to visit Pakistan despite such beautiful sceneries. Really sad.
Mateen Qureshi
February 10, 2011 4:49 pm
Well written piece however this scenario is unfortunately not new in that part of Pakistan. I also agree with the earlier comment that the picture looks like its not from the Skardu area.
omar
February 10, 2011 4:00 pm
same here.=/
Sana Saleem
February 10, 2011 2:49 pm
Superb & Well written !
Amber Shahid
February 10, 2011 10:41 am
Well written !
It does feel like we are moving deeper in chaos!..
Shiza Nisar
February 10, 2011 10:07 am
The writing is indeed very descriptive, and novel-ish.
The valley in the picture, and that bridge, however, are very similar to one I saw last summer in Neelam Valley. Then again, I guess in mountains you can not really tell.
It was a good piece, overall. Cheers!
Farooq
February 10, 2011 9:29 am
The heading caught my attention, the body however seems more like an excerpt from a fiction novel although very believable. Where's the rest though?
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