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while anyone with an interest in Islamic architecture or Seraiki folk culture may have heard of it, the building is all the more remarkable for how unknown it is among mainstream Pakistani society.</p><p class="">In summer of 2010, I was travelling through Pakistan as a solo backpacker when I happened to come across television footage of an ornate mosque in a place called Rahim Yar Khan. </p><p class="">At the time I hadn’t heard of Rahim Yar Khan, and I didn’t know where it was. However, something about the image of the mosque caught my eye — perhaps it was the dazzlingly styled minarets, or the outrageous riot of colours that fleetingly flashed across the television screen.</p><p class="">Upon searching online, it turned out that the mosque was not in Rahim Yar Khan at all, but in the village of Bhong, about 50 kilometres to the southwest. </p><figure class="media four-fifths palm--one-whole media--center media--uneven media--stretch"> <div class="media__item "><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180223122809im_/https://i.dawn.com/primary/2018/02/5a7c2cbec3940.jpg" alt="Bhong Mosque. —All photos by the author"/></div> <figcaption class="media__caption ">Bhong Mosque. —All photos by the author</figcaption> </figure> <p> </p><p class="">It was commissioned in early 1930s by a local landlord, the late Rais Ghazi Mohammad. He apparently wanted to construct a mosque and madrasa, and wished for them to be the most stunning buildings in his empire of estates. </p><p class="">Contracting artisans from Rajasthan, Multan and Karachi, work began on what was to become one of Pakistan’s most intriguing mosques. It went on to win the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 1986.</p><p class="">The mosque was under construction for the better part of the 20th century, and this is where the story gets muddled. </p><p class="">As legend goes, every time there was a halt in construction on the mosque, someone close to the project would die under mysterious circumstances. </p><p class="">Although officially completed in 1982, ornamental touches of some sort have apparently continued ever since, to ward off the ‘bad luck’ of finishing the project. </p><p class="">Whether you believe in the myth or not, it certainly makes for a beguiling story. </p><p class="">I knew I had to visit the place; as someone who loves traditional architecture, and who had fallen in love with Pakistan over my previous three visits, the tiny village of Bhong gained a position somewhere high on my bucket list.</p><figure class="media four-fifths palm--one-whole media--center media--uneven media--stretch"> <div class="media__item "><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180223122809im_/https://i.dawn.com/primary/2018/02/5a7c2cc014703.jpg" alt="The front view."/></div> <figcaption class="media__caption ">The front view.</figcaption> </figure> <p> </p><p class="">Some years later, my friend and I sat on the bus as it carved up the dusty road southwards towards Bhong. </p><p class="">I was feeling responsibly anxious; I had convinced my friend to accompany me into the scorching desert to look at a mosque that no one seemed to have heard of. </p><p class="">It was a long way to go; the road seemed to stretch on through the desert wasteland, and I worried that the fantastical destination was perhaps just a figment of my imagination. </p><p class="">We turned off the main road towards the village, and among a cluster of palm trees beside the road, a clutch of mud brick houses appeared; it was seeming more and more like a mirage in the desert. </p><p class="">Walking the final few metres up the entrance gave nothing away — the mosque is surrounded by plainly-painted mud brick walls, obscuring the view from the road immediately outside. </p><p class="">A sharp turn off to the left led us into the mosque’s courtyard, and we were suddenly bathed in a surreal, technicolour light. </p><figure class="media four-fifths palm--one-whole media--center media--uneven media--stretch"> <div class="media__item "><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180223122809im_/https://i.dawn.com/primary/2018/02/5a7c2cbf9ea2d.jpg" alt="Entrance to the prayer hall."/></div> <figcaption class="media__caption ">Entrance to the prayer hall.</figcaption> </figure> <figure class="media four-fifths palm--one-whole media--center media--uneven media--stretch"> <div class="media__item "><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180223122809im_/https://i.dawn.com/primary/2018/02/5a7c2d05a9b31.jpg" alt="The prayer hall at Bhong Mosque."/></div> <figcaption class="media__caption ">The prayer hall at Bhong Mosque.</figcaption> </figure> <p> </p><p class="">The drab browns and army-fatigue greens of the surrounding landscape gave way to the pastel blue, candy floss pink and straw yellow which covered the mosque. </p><p class="">Tiles proclaimed the <em>shahada</em> in the most glitteringly extravagant way I had ever witnessed. </p><p class="">The mosaic seemed to be some of the most detailed I had ever seen — painstakingly delicate in their size, but insanely exuberant in iridescent hue. </p><p class="">The style of the mosque’s architecture is difficult to place, owing to the resplendent collision of so many styles; Persian, Andalusian and Ottoman elements are all evident, as well as the artistic flair of a vision run wild. </p><p class="">Far from the ethereal grace of so much Islamic architecture around the world, the mosque was an animated exercise in imagination and reverie.</p><figure class="media four-fifths palm--one-whole media--center media--uneven media--stretch"> <div class="media__item "><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180223122809im_/https://i.dawn.com/primary/2018/02/5a7c2d0b59e11.jpg" alt="The entire Quran on one piece of parchment."/></div> <figcaption class="media__caption ">The entire Quran on one piece of parchment.</figcaption> </figure> <figure class="media four-fifths palm--one-whole media--center media--uneven media--stretch"> <div class="media__item "><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180223122809im_/https://i.dawn.com/primary/2018/02/5a7c2d0abc4b9.jpg" alt="The mihrab at Bhong Mosque."/></div> <figcaption class="media__caption ">The mihrab at Bhong Mosque.</figcaption> </figure> <p> </p><p class="">My friend and I were lucky enough to have a local show us around, who pointed out the details of the kaleidoscopic mosque to us. </p><p class="">As we passed through the ablution area, covered in baby blue and sapphire tilework, we noticed a gaggle of labourers diligently working away at a wall. </p><p class="">The exterior of the mosque is relatively utilitarian — a courtyard of white terrazzo is shaded by a multi-domed blue and white canopy. Nevertheless, it was much more colourful than the average mosque’s outdoor prayer area. </p><p class="">Beyond the prayer area was where the medley of colour really became apparent; the azure and gold onion-like domes and the technicolour minarets, from where the <em>azaan</em> rings out five times a day. </p><p class="">At the end of the balcony is an oversized white marble Quran, open to the world as a sort of invitation to prayer and salvation.</p><figure class="media four-fifths palm--one-whole media--center media--uneven media--stretch"> <div class="media__item "><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180223122809im_/https://i.dawn.com/primary/2018/02/5a7c2d0a03a50.jpg" alt="The entrance to Bhong Mosque."/></div> <figcaption class="media__caption ">The entrance to Bhong Mosque.</figcaption> </figure> <figure class="media four-fifths palm--one-whole media--center media--uneven media--stretch"> <div class="media__item "><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180223122809im_/https://i.dawn.com/primary/2018/02/5a7c2d5af2659.jpg" alt="The Bhong Mosque from the outside."/></div> <figcaption class="media__caption ">The Bhong Mosque from the outside.</figcaption> </figure> <p> </p><p class="">Inside the mosque itself, no surface was left untouched by artisans over the years, resulting in a pastiche that has to be seen to be believed. </p><p class="">The breathtakingly intricate <em>mihrab</em> (a semicircular niche in the wall indicating the <em>qibla</em>) was beset by a poster featuring the entire Quran transcribed on a single piece of paper. </p><p class="">Ivory, marble, onyx and mirrors dotted the ceiling, from which elaborate glass chandeliers hang. The walls were crafted out of polished marble brought from Multan and India. </p><p class="">My personal favourite were the giant, carved teak doors drawn by wrought iron handles, shaped into the name “Muhammad”. </p><p class="">To see such a complex, perhaps incoherent, but conspicuously passionate expression of love of faith was enough to bring tears to my eyes. </p><figure class="media four-fifths palm--one-whole media--center media--uneven media--stretch"> <div class="media__item "><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180223122809im_/https://i.dawn.com/primary/2018/02/5a7c2d5d96062.jpg" alt="The Noble Quran at Bhong Mosque."/></div> <figcaption class="media__caption ">The Noble Quran at Bhong Mosque.</figcaption> </figure> <figure class="media four-fifths palm--one-whole media--center media--uneven media--stretch"> <div class="media__item "><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180223122809im_/https://i.dawn.com/primary/2018/02/5a7c2d5dd9fcb.jpg" alt="Windows in the prayer hall."/></div> <figcaption class="media__caption ">Windows in the prayer hall.</figcaption> </figure> <p> </p><p class="">In the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180223122809/https://archnet.org/sites/505">words</a> of the jury of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture: “Bhong enshrines and epitomises the popular taste in Pakistan with all its vigour, pride, tension and sentiment. Its use, and misuse, of signs and symbols expresses appropriate growing pains of an architecture in transition.” </p><p class="">No amount of time spent in the Bhong Mosque would have been enough to fully appreciate it, so it was inevitable that I felt a pang of sadness when it was time to return to the car and Rahim Yar Khan. </p><p class="">And as we did, I also felt a sense of wonder and enchantment of the place we had just seen. </p><p class="">Like a mirage in the desert which turned out to be real, the Bhong Mosque was not just a figment of my imagination, it was true fantasy.</p><hr> <p class=""><strong><em>Have you ever taken the road less travelled? 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</div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5733584"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four caps float-left text--gray">El Cid</span> <span class="timeago comment__date caps size-four pb-2" title="2018-02-20T17:53:42+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-20T17:53:42+05:00">Feb 20, 2018 05:53pm</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body size-six clearfix"><p>Absolutely stunning. Alhamdollilah!</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="El Cid" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply caps text--gray"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label votejs__cast px-2 text--gray caps" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5733584">Recommend</span><span class="button__count votejs__count text--gray" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5733584">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5733591"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four caps float-left text--gray">Dr. Malaria</span> <span class="timeago comment__date caps size-four pb-2" title="2018-02-20T17:56:36+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-20T17:56:36+05:00">Feb 20, 2018 05:56pm</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body size-six clearfix"><p>Stunning architecture</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Dr. Malaria" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply caps text--gray"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label votejs__cast px-2 text--gray caps" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5733591">Recommend</span><span class="button__count votejs__count text--gray" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5733591">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5733601"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four caps float-left text--gray">Changez Khan</span> <span class="timeago comment__date caps size-four pb-2" title="2018-02-20T18:01:00+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-20T18:01:00+05:00">Feb 20, 2018 06:01pm</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body size-six clearfix"><p>Beautiful Mosques.</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Changez Khan" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply caps text--gray"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label votejs__cast px-2 text--gray caps" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5733601">Recommend</span><span class="button__count votejs__count text--gray" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5733601">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5733659"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four caps float-left text--gray">Samab Ahmad</span> <span class="timeago comment__date caps size-four pb-2" title="2018-02-20T18:20:30+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-20T18:20:30+05:00">Feb 20, 2018 06:20pm</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body size-six clearfix"><p>Really loved it getting goosebumps</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Samab Ahmad" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply caps text--gray"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label votejs__cast px-2 text--gray caps" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5733659">Recommend</span><span class="button__count votejs__count text--gray" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5733659">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5734214"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four caps float-left text--gray">Amjad</span> <span class="timeago comment__date caps size-four pb-2" title="2018-02-20T21:55:42+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-20T21:55:42+05:00">Feb 20, 2018 09:55pm</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body size-six clearfix"><p>Incredible! Didn't know about it.</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Amjad" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply caps text--gray"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label votejs__cast px-2 text--gray caps" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5734214">Recommend</span><span class="button__count votejs__count text--gray" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5734214">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5734251"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four caps float-left text--gray">ZH</span> <span class="timeago comment__date caps size-four pb-2" title="2018-02-20T22:08:04+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-20T22:08:04+05:00">Feb 20, 2018 10:08pm</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body size-six clearfix"><p>Who was the architect?</p> </div> <div class=""> <input 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in dark.</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="hamid shafiq" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply caps text--gray"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label votejs__cast px-2 text--gray caps" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5734287">Recommend</span><span class="button__count votejs__count text--gray" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5734287">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5734322"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four caps float-left text--gray">Suqlain</span> <span class="timeago comment__date caps size-four pb-2" title="2018-02-20T22:33:37+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-20T22:33:37+05:00">Feb 20, 2018 10:33pm</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body size-six clearfix"><p>Thank you sharing... another mystical destination now added to my list of places to visit in Pakistan.</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Suqlain" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply caps text--gray"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label votejs__cast px-2 text--gray caps" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5734322">Recommend</span><span class="button__count votejs__count text--gray" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5734322">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5734459"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four caps float-left text--gray">An avid DAWN reader</span> <span class="timeago comment__date caps size-four pb-2" title="2018-02-20T23:18:25+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-20T23:18:25+05:00">Feb 20, 2018 11:18pm</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body size-six clearfix"><p>The beautiful Bhong Mosque is an architectural marvel. </p> <p>Many thanks to Tim Blight and DAWN for the detailed article.</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="An avid DAWN reader" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply caps text--gray"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label votejs__cast px-2 text--gray caps" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5734459">Recommend</span><span class="button__count votejs__count text--gray" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5734459">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5734482"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four caps float-left text--gray">Gaurav Shukla</span> <span class="timeago comment__date caps size-four pb-2" title="2018-02-20T23:30:03+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-20T23:30:03+05:00">Feb 20, 2018 11:30pm</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body size-six clearfix"><p>The architecture of the mosque is beautiful , great job with the pictures Tim !</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Gaurav Shukla" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply caps text--gray"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label votejs__cast px-2 text--gray caps" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5734482">Recommend</span><span class="button__count votejs__count text--gray" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5734482">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5734543"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four caps float-left text--gray">Isra</span> <span class="timeago comment__date caps size-four pb-2" title="2018-02-21T00:00:53+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-21T00:00:53+05:00">Feb 21, 2018 12:00am</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body size-six clearfix"><p>Simply stunning! Nicely illustrated. The quality and finish of the door at the main entrance, in one of the pictures, looks out of place !</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Isra" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply caps text--gray"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label votejs__cast px-2 text--gray caps" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5734543">Recommend</span><span class="button__count votejs__count text--gray" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5734543">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5734548"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four caps float-left text--gray">Salman</span> <span class="timeago comment__date caps size-four pb-2" title="2018-02-21T00:02:01+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-21T00:02:01+05:00">Feb 21, 2018 12:02am</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body size-six clearfix"><p>Visited this mosque in 1997, and still remember it was really breathtaking. Thanks for sharing.</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Salman" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply caps text--gray"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label votejs__cast px-2 text--gray caps" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5734548">Recommend</span><span class="button__count votejs__count text--gray" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5734548">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5734670"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four caps float-left text--gray">Farrukh mahmood</span> <span class="timeago comment__date caps size-four pb-2" title="2018-02-21T01:07:50+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-21T01:07:50+05:00">Feb 21, 2018 01:07am</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body size-six clearfix"><p>Beautifully written article</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Farrukh mahmood" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply caps text--gray"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label votejs__cast px-2 text--gray caps" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5734670">Recommend</span><span class="button__count votejs__count text--gray" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5734670">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5734672"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four caps float-left text--gray">Farrukh mahmood</span> <span class="timeago comment__date caps size-four pb-2" title="2018-02-21T01:08:48+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-21T01:08:48+05:00">Feb 21, 2018 01:08am</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body size-six clearfix"><p>Wonderful mosque.Well written article</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Farrukh mahmood" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply caps text--gray"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label votejs__cast px-2 text--gray caps" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5734672">Recommend</span><span class="button__count votejs__count text--gray" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5734672">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5734737"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four caps float-left text--gray">Veer</span> <span class="timeago comment__date caps size-four pb-2" title="2018-02-21T01:59:39+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-21T01:59:39+05:00">Feb 21, 2018 01:59am</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body size-six clearfix"><p>A superb example of recent masterpieces</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Veer" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply caps text--gray"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label votejs__cast px-2 text--gray caps" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5734737">Recommend</span><span class="button__count votejs__count text--gray" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5734737">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5734862"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four caps float-left text--gray">Harmony-1©</span> <span class="timeago comment__date caps size-four pb-2" title="2018-02-21T04:21:28+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-21T04:21:28+05:00">Feb 21, 2018 04:21am</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body size-six clearfix"><p>Beautifully colourful and full of light. A great contrast to darkness.</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Harmony-1©" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply caps text--gray"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label votejs__cast px-2 text--gray caps" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5734862">Recommend</span><span class="button__count votejs__count text--gray" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5734862">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5734863"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four caps float-left text--gray">Noroudin</span> <span class="timeago comment__date caps size-four pb-2" title="2018-02-21T04:21:34+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-21T04:21:34+05:00">Feb 21, 2018 04:21am</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body size-six clearfix"><p>Excellent Art Work</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Noroudin" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply caps text--gray"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label votejs__cast px-2 text--gray caps" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5734863">Recommend</span><span class="button__count votejs__count text--gray" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5734863">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5734884"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four caps float-left text--gray">DIGGER DOWN UNDER</span> <span class="timeago comment__date caps size-four pb-2" title="2018-02-21T04:50:50+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-21T04:50:50+05:00">Feb 21, 2018 04:50am</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body size-six clearfix"><p>What a beautiful mosque! Congraqtulations to Tim Blight and Dawn for their contribution. Much appreciated.</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="DIGGER DOWN UNDER" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply caps text--gray"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label votejs__cast px-2 text--gray caps" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5734884">Recommend</span><span class="button__count votejs__count text--gray" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5734884">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5734890"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four caps float-left text--gray">Syed Anjum Ali</span> <span class="timeago comment__date caps size-four pb-2" title="2018-02-21T05:00:15+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-21T05:00:15+05:00">Feb 21, 2018 05:00am</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body size-six clearfix"><p>Delightfully flamboyant.</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Syed Anjum Ali" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply caps text--gray"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label votejs__cast px-2 text--gray caps" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5734890">Recommend</span><span class="button__count votejs__count text--gray" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5734890">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5735036"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four caps float-left text--gray">PT</span> <span class="timeago comment__date caps size-four pb-2" title="2018-02-21T07:26:08+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-21T07:26:08+05:00">Feb 21, 2018 07:26am</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body size-six clearfix"><p>Splendid!</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="PT" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply caps text--gray"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label votejs__cast px-2 text--gray caps" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5735036">Recommend</span><span class="button__count votejs__count text--gray" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5735036">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5735261"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four caps float-left text--gray">Jawaid Islam</span> <span class="timeago comment__date caps size-four pb-2" title="2018-02-21T09:10:31+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-21T09:10:31+05:00">Feb 21, 2018 09:10am</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body size-six clearfix"><p>In 2009, I with my friend, visited this beautiful mosque that we had heard of while we were travelling back from an 8-day trip to Lahore and back to Karachi. It was for both the very first road trip in my new Cultus.</p> <p>No doubt the Bhong mosque is a marvel. I also saw a tinier beautiful mosque on the way. I have many memorable photographs that are on flickr.</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Jawaid Islam" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply caps text--gray"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label votejs__cast px-2 text--gray caps" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5735261">Recommend</span><span class="button__count votejs__count text--gray" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5735261">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5735270"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four caps float-left text--gray">Shamin</span> <span class="timeago comment__date caps size-four pb-2" title="2018-02-21T09:14:32+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-21T09:14:32+05:00">Feb 21, 2018 09:14am</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body size-six clearfix"><p>Just Plain impeccable!</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Shamin" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply caps text--gray"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label votejs__cast px-2 text--gray caps" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5735270">Recommend</span><span class="button__count votejs__count text--gray" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5735270">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5735508"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four caps float-left text--gray">Dr DH Kazmi</span> <span class="timeago comment__date caps size-four pb-2" title="2018-02-21T10:42:50+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-21T10:42:50+05:00">Feb 21, 2018 10:42am</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body size-six clearfix"><p>Wonderful, mashaAllah. Thanks for sharing this valuable information.</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Dr DH Kazmi" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply caps text--gray"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label votejs__cast px-2 text--gray caps" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5735508">Recommend</span><span class="button__count votejs__count text--gray" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5735508">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5735534"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four caps float-left text--gray">Hcs</span> <span class="timeago comment__date caps size-four pb-2" title="2018-02-21T10:52:50+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-21T10:52:50+05:00">Feb 21, 2018 10:52am</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body size-six clearfix"><p>Just...wow! Respects to the architects, designers and the artisans. Truly exquisite creation.</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Hcs" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply caps text--gray"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label votejs__cast px-2 text--gray caps" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5735534">Recommend</span><span class="button__count votejs__count text--gray" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5735534">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5735554"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four caps float-left text--gray">Alpha Beta</span> <span class="timeago comment__date caps size-four pb-2" title="2018-02-21T10:59:48+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-21T10:59:48+05:00">Feb 21, 2018 10:59am</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body size-six clearfix"><p>Simply marvelous ; Stunning !</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Alpha Beta" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply caps text--gray"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label votejs__cast px-2 text--gray caps" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5735554">Recommend</span><span class="button__count votejs__count text--gray" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5735554">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5735572"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four caps float-left text--gray">Anam</span> <span class="timeago comment__date caps size-four pb-2" title="2018-02-21T11:05:33+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-21T11:05:33+05:00">Feb 21, 2018 11:05am</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body size-six clearfix"><p>I visited the mosque around two years back, it is very ornate, one must also visit the Rais familys ancestral home located right next to the mosque, that too is a piece of art!</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Anam" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply caps text--gray"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label votejs__cast px-2 text--gray caps" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5735572">Recommend</span><span class="button__count votejs__count text--gray" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5735572">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5735710"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four caps float-left text--gray">Abbas kd </span> <span class="timeago comment__date caps size-four pb-2" title="2018-02-21T11:50:53+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-21T11:50:53+05:00">Feb 21, 2018 11:50am</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body size-six clearfix"><p>Thanks so much Tim for sharing this incredible story highlighting a great mosque. I was born & grew up in a small town Ahmed Pur East, not too far from Rahim Yar Khan, but never heard of this mosque until now. I have the fascination of visiting mosques & had the chance to pray in few of them around the globe, particularly Kenya, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, UK, Natherlands etc. Even though I live on the other side of planet now, in Vancouver Canada but thanks to you Tim & DAWN, I would try to add this beautiful Bhong mosque to the list where I can pray, Insha Allah.</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Abbas kd " class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply caps text--gray"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label votejs__cast px-2 text--gray caps" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5735710">Recommend</span><span class="button__count votejs__count text--gray" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5735710">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5735750"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four caps float-left text--gray">Ather Nizami</span> <span class="timeago comment__date caps size-four pb-2" title="2018-02-21T12:02:05+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-21T12:02:05+05:00">Feb 21, 2018 12:02pm</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body size-six clearfix"><p>No doubt this Masjid in Bhong is a piece of architect,so beautifully designed and the colors used are amazing.Thanks to Dawn and the photographer who made this possible to see such a beautiful Masjid in Pakistan.</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Ather Nizami" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply caps text--gray"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label votejs__cast px-2 text--gray caps" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5735750">Recommend</span><span class="button__count votejs__count text--gray" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5735750">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5735782"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four caps float-left text--gray">Umair Ahmed Shaikh</span> <span class="timeago comment__date caps size-four pb-2" title="2018-02-21T12:09:58+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-21T12:09:58+05:00">Feb 21, 2018 12:09pm</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body size-six clearfix"><p>I visited the mosque last year and was mesmerized the same way as the writer. </p> <p>@Awaiting Justice: Yes, there is a madarsa beside the mosque and it is well attended.</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Umair Ahmed Shaikh" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply caps text--gray"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label votejs__cast px-2 text--gray caps" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5735782">Recommend</span><span 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It would be much better to develop road to the area and inform the world about the existence of the mosque as a sight worth looking.</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="SHAHID SATTAR " class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply caps text--gray"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label votejs__cast px-2 text--gray caps" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5737096">Recommend</span><span class="button__count votejs__count text--gray" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5737096">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5737204"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four caps float-left text--gray">ali</span> <span class="timeago comment__date caps size-four pb-2" title="2018-02-21T20:23:09+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-21T20:23:09+05:00">Feb 21, 2018 08:23pm</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body size-six clearfix"><p>A beautiful piece of architecture....</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="ali" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply caps text--gray"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label votejs__cast px-2 text--gray caps" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5737204">Recommend</span><span class="button__count votejs__count text--gray" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5737204">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5737591"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four caps float-left text--gray">Aman</span> <span class="timeago comment__date caps size-four pb-2" title="2018-02-21T23:00:10+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-21T23:00:10+05:00">Feb 21, 2018 11:00pm</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body size-six clearfix"><p>Visited this masjid in 1993...I was wondering such a Marvelous architecture creation then ..... Good sharing, I'm in nostalgia..</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Aman" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply caps text--gray"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label votejs__cast px-2 text--gray caps" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5737591">Recommend</span><span class="button__count votejs__count text--gray" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5737591">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5737829"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four caps float-left text--gray">Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad</span> <span class="timeago comment__date caps size-four pb-2" title="2018-02-22T01:42:32+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-22T01:42:32+05:00">Feb 22, 2018 01:42am</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body size-six clearfix"><p>Excellent article and pictures about the famous and historic Bhong Masjid. Well done and keep it up.</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply caps text--gray"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label votejs__cast px-2 text--gray caps" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5737829">Recommend</span><span class="button__count votejs__count text--gray" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5737829">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5738155"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four caps float-left text--gray">Sachin</span> <span class="timeago comment__date caps size-four pb-2" title="2018-02-22T07:08:33+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-22T07:08:33+05:00">Feb 22, 2018 07:08am</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body size-six clearfix"><p>Beautiful. Splendid. Wish to visit with my children one day</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Sachin" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply caps text--gray"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label votejs__cast px-2 text--gray caps" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5738155">Recommend</span><span class="button__count votejs__count text--gray" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5738155">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5738355"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four caps float-left text--gray">Nasr</span> <span class="timeago comment__date caps size-four pb-2" title="2018-02-22T09:11:41+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-22T09:11:41+05:00">Feb 22, 2018 09:11am</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body size-six clearfix"><p>The writer Tim Blight is a travel blogger and his favorite country is Pakistan.</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Nasr" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply caps text--gray"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label votejs__cast px-2 text--gray caps" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5738355">Recommend</span><span class="button__count votejs__count text--gray" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5738355">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5738441"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four caps float-left text--gray">Miftah quraish</span> <span class="timeago comment__date caps size-four pb-2" title="2018-02-22T09:54:48+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-22T09:54:48+05:00">Feb 22, 2018 09:54am</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body size-six clearfix"><p>A great travelouge,and a candid description.</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Miftah quraish" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply caps text--gray"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label votejs__cast px-2 text--gray caps" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5738441">Recommend</span><span class="button__count votejs__count text--gray" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5738441">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5738919"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four caps float-left text--gray">Haroon</span> <span class="timeago comment__date caps size-four pb-2" title="2018-02-22T13:37:57+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-22T13:37:57+05:00">Feb 22, 2018 01:37pm</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body size-six clearfix"><p>Built by Persians</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Haroon" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply caps text--gray"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label votejs__cast px-2 text--gray caps" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5738919">Recommend</span><span class="button__count votejs__count text--gray" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5738919">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5738926"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four caps float-left text--gray">Haroon</span> <span class="timeago comment__date caps size-four pb-2" title="2018-02-22T13:41:37+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-22T13:41:37+05:00">Feb 22, 2018 01:41pm</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body size-six clearfix"><p>Pakistan is the most beautiful place in the universe. The land of the pure. No words to describe. Pakistan Zindabad</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Haroon" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply caps text--gray"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label votejs__cast px-2 text--gray caps" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5738926">Recommend</span><span class="button__count votejs__count text--gray" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5738926">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5739272"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four caps float-left text--gray">Kashif</span> <span class="timeago comment__date caps size-four pb-2" title="2018-02-22T16:58:36+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-22T16:58:36+05:00">Feb 22, 2018 04:58pm</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body size-six clearfix"><p>Marvellous</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Kashif" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply caps text--gray"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label votejs__cast px-2 text--gray caps" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5739272">Recommend</span><span class="button__count votejs__count text--gray" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5739272">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5739406"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four caps float-left text--gray">Adeel</span> <span class="timeago comment__date caps size-four pb-2" title="2018-02-22T18:13:25+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-22T18:13:25+05:00">Feb 22, 2018 06:13pm</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body size-six clearfix"><p>Amazing...Being a Pakistan didnt even know that such a beautiful masjid existed out there.</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Adeel" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply caps text--gray"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label votejs__cast px-2 text--gray caps" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5739406">Recommend</span><span class="button__count votejs__count text--gray" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5739406">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="5740133"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four caps float-left text--gray">Right</span> <span class="timeago comment__date caps size-four pb-2" title="2018-02-22T23:28:39+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2018-02-22T23:28:39+05:00">Feb 22, 2018 11:28pm</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body size-six clearfix"><p>@Awaiting Justice Why are you so negative minded.</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Right" class="button button--short mr-2 comment__reply caps text--gray"/> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label votejs__cast px-2 text--gray caps" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5740133">Recommend</span><span class="button__count votejs__count text--gray" data-vote-key="1388133/up-5740133">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  </section> <div class="text-center py-4"><div class="mb-4"> <a href="/web/20180223122809/https://www.dawn.com/" class=""> <h1 class="text-hide logo mx-auto mt-2 logo--small logo--small"> DAWN.COM </h1> </a></div><p style="max-width:100%;">Copyright © 2018</p><p style="max-width:100%;">Scribe Publishing Platform</p> </div> <footer> <script src="//web.archive.org/web/20180223122809js_/https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/blockadblock/3.2.1/blockadblock.min.js" crossorigin="anonymous"></script> <div class="pt-2 px-2 mb-2 clearfix"> </div> <script src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180223122809js_/https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.2.1.min.js" defer="true"></script> <script src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180223122809js_/https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" defer="true"></script> <script src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180223122809js_/https://www.dawn.com/_js/all.20180217201308.js" defer="true"></script> <script src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180223122809js_/https://www.dawn.com/_js/prev-next-stories.20180217201308.js" defer="true"></script> <script>setTimeout(function() {dailymotionSyndicationId(202395)}, 2000)</script> <script> setTimeout(function() { if ($('.template__main .social--top').length) { var isRtl = $('body').attr('dir'); 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