Wednesday, May 27, 2009

ABBOTTBAD CITY(PAKISTAN)

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Abbottabad is a city located in the province of NWFP Pakistan and is the second largest city in the province after.The city is situated in the Orash Valley 150 km north of Islamabad and 200 km east of Peshawar at an altitude of 4,120 feet (1,260 m).The city is known for its pleasant weather educational institutes and military establishments.It remains a major hub for tourism in the summer.

BEAUTIFULL VEHICLES OF PAKISTAN

In this post we are discussing wondorous truck and bus decoration of art of Pakistan. This extraordinary tradition has it’s routes in the days of the Raj when craftsmen made glorious horse draw carriages for the gentry. In 1960 the Kohistan bus company asked the local Michaelangelo a master craftsmen to decorate their buses to attract passengers.Buksh employed a community of artists from the Punjab town of Chiniot, who’s ancestors had worked on many great palaces and temples dating back to the Mughal Empire.
It was not long before truck owners followed suite with their own designs.Through the years the materials used have developed from wood and paint to metal tinsel plastic and reflective tape.Within the last few years trucks and buses have been further embellished with full lighting systems.


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