User:Islescape

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People are listless except for those who have knowledge. Of those who have knowledge all are asleep except for those who do good deeds. Of those who do good deeds all are misled except for those who are sincere. And those who are sincere, are always in a state of worry…

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DYKs [edit]

... that the concept of hurricanes as "a moving vortex" was first developed by John Farrar after the Great September Gale of 1815? (11 July 2008)
... that the Nigar Awards are the oldest awards of merit in the Pakistani film industry? (10 July 2008)
... that Syed Wajid Ali Shah was the longest serving President of the Pakistan Olympic Association with a tenure of 26 years? (7 July 2008)
... that Dibeen Forest Reserve, established in 2004, is the newest nature reserve in Jordan? (3 July 2008)
...that the term Sindhology as a subject of knowledge about Sindh was first coined in 1964? (30 June 2008)
...that the Pakistan-based Institute of Sindhology is a research institution working on the history, culture, and literature of Sindh? (25 June 2008)
...that Sheesh Mahal (Palace of Mirrors) in Lahore Fort was originally decorated with frescoes that were later replaced with pietra dura and convex glass and mirror mosaic? (26 April 2008)
...that Moti Masjid (Lahore), built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, was turned into a gemstone repository by Ranjit Singh during the Sikh rule of Punjab? (21 April 2008)
...that Naulakha pavilion, situated in Lahore Fort, was the inspiration behind Rudyard Kipling's novel The Naulakha and his house Naulakha? (14 March 2008)
...that Karachi’s Lyari River is the major contributor to the annual discharge of 200 million gallons of sewage and Industrial waste into the Arabian Sea? (16 January 2008)
...that Ahmad Hasan Dani, an expert of South Asian archaeology and Ancient history, was the first Muslim graduate of the Banaras Hindu University? (7 March 2007)
...that the National Language Authority in Pakistan is the first autonomous regulatory institution to have internationally standardized the Urdu language code table and Urdu keyboard for typewriters, teleprinters, and computer software? (28 February 2007)
...that since the first Urdu language typewriter was created in 1911, the Urdu keyboard layout has evolved to accommodate the needs of the digital age? (1 February 2007)

created [edit]

ESPRID | Association of European Schools of Planning | COMSTECH | Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development, BARD | European Association for Evolutionary and Political Economy, EAEPE | European Spatial Development Perspective | European Spatial Development Planning | Fifth European Community Framework Programme, FP5 | Foundation for European Economic Development | Global Urban Research Unit | Pakistan Academy of Sciences | Stuart Cameron | Patsy Healey | Jean Hillier | Frank Moulaert | George Roos-Keppel | Geoff Vigar | Mohammed Ikramullah | Comilla Model | Formative Assessment | Insularity | Social Innovation | Social polarisation | Spatial Planning | Specific Targeted Research Project | Summative Assessment | Regional development | Rural development | Categories: European Research Networks | International Development | Landscape | AESOP | Aesop (disambiguation) | ESDP Network | A Short History of Pakistan | The Globalized City | Urdu keyboard | National Language Authority | Pakistan Declaration | Qarardad-e-Lahore | Qarardad-e-Pakistan | Jinnah Terminal | KHI (disambiguation) | Tehrik-e-Pakistan | Urdu Informatics | Lesvos Prefecture | Simin Davoudi | List of most populated metropolitan areas in Pakistan | Muqtadra Quami Zaban | Baba-e-Urdu | {{Pakistan-history-stub}} | Category:Pakistani history stubs | Moti Masjid (Lahore) | {{Mosques in Pakistan}}

sufficiently contributed to... [edit]

Ahmad Hasan Dani | Allama Mashriqi | Lyari River | Orangi Pilot Project | Pakistan Studies | Tomb of Muhammad Iqbal | Salimuzzaman Siddiqui | Sheesh Mahal | Pervez Hoodbhoy | Atta ur Rahman (scientist) | Institute of Sindhology‎ | Sindhology

barnstars [edit]

Your majesty, it gives me great pleasure to bestow the Triple Crown upon Islescape for your contributions in the areas of WP:DYK, WP:GA, and WP:FA. Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:03, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
The Pakistan Barnstar of National Merit
For creating articles with critical coverage of Pakistani history and culture. :] lTopGunl (talk) 22:31, 6 March 2012 (UTC)