Pakistan: Lahore Fort

On Thursday I got three postcards: one from Pakistan, one from Austria and one from Thailand.

The card from Pakistan shows the Naulakha Pavilion at the Lahore Fort. The Lahore Fort is a citadel with 21 notable monuments and was built when the Mughal Empire was at its artistic and aesthetic zenith. Since 1981 are the Fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Stamps:
Mohammed Ali Jinnah (from set of twelve) (issued 11-09-1994)

Thank You very much Gert!

Pakistan: Moenjodaro

On Monday I received my first postcard from Pakistan.

Pakistan is a country in South Asia bordering on the Iran, Afghanistan, China and India. The capital of Pakistan is Islamabad. Pakistan arose in 1947 from the predominantly by Muslims inhabited parts of British Raj. In 1956 Pakistan became the first Islamic republic in the World. The former region East Pakistan became in 1971 independent as Bangladesh.

The card shows the Archaeological Ruins at Moenjodaro. The huge city of Moenjodaro lies in the Indus Valley and was built in the 3rd millennium B.C. of unbaked brick. It provides evidence of an early system of town planning. Moenjodaro is since 1980 a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Stamps:
Poets of Pakistan-Perveen Shakir (issued 26-12-2013)
Perveen Shakir (1952-1994) was an Urdu poet, teacher and a civil servant of the Government of Pakistan.
Two Decades of Extended Cooperation-ECO (issued 28-11-2013)
The Economic Cooperation Organisation is an intergovernmental organisation and was founded in 1985. The aim is to establish a single market for goods and services, like the EU. The members are Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

Thank You very much Cheema!