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Favorite thing: A lovely place with a delicious Pakistani cuisine and ambiance for the people in Islamabad and for those who travel to Murree through Murree Expressway .

It's located some 8 Km from Barakahu o Murree Expressway .

Enjoy ..

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Favorite thing: Bonjour from Islamabad,

The sectors like F 6, F 7 are considered safer than other sectors because of the presence of other foreign ex-pats , journalists and better security facilities .

You'd definitely need a local help in order to rent a house or apartment in Islamabad, even G 6 could be a better location for your stay in Islamabad.

Keep at least 1, 000 US $ for all that per month in Islamabad, that seems a reasonable budget for you .

Bien venu au Pakistan ..

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Favorite thing: From Istanbul to Islamabad, and other Muslim cities you will find stray cats are very common. Many people who can barely feed their families will stop and give scraps of food to random cats daily. What gives?

It turns out cats enjoy a special status in Islam. This respect for these animals supposedly has roots in the prophet Muhammad's fondness of cats (can I write his name without a fatwa against me? please? Thanks!). Muhammad (PBUH) supposedly would cut off his sleeve rather than wake a cat that fell asleep on his clothing. It has been noted that tabby cats have an "M" on their foreheads, which could be the mark of Muhammad (PBUH).

Muhammad himself had a favorite cat named Muezza. It is said that Muhammad would drink from the same water the cat drank from, and he would even do ablutions before prayer with the water the cat had consumed.

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Favorite thing: Pakistan sometimes has daylight savings time, and somethings it doesn't so sunrise can be somewhat unpredictable. Add in the local heavy smog, and the sunrise could also be invisible. The good news is the sun always rises in the east, just like the rest of the world.

Favorite thing: Grab a drink at a local store and the label may not be easy to read since it's written in Arabic script. Don't worry, most American brands are the same colors and have the same logos around the world as you will see when you find Diet Pepsi and Diet Coke. If you read Arabic, you will also realize the names of the drinks almost sound like the original American names (though Pepsi becomes "beebsee" when translated.) Oh, and if you are still confused, just turn the bottle or can around and read the English side of the label.

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Favorite thing: Most utility trucks in Pakistan are known as "Jingle Trucks." These brightly colored trucks often have decorative chains or bells, which make a distinctive jingling sound while driving, hence their name. The color schemes vary from bright flowers to lions and tigers. A 2005 article from Amherst Magazine online claims that the average trucks customization costs $5000 US, even though the average annual income is closer to $2000 US per person. This article also points out the different styles of the various regions of Pakistan with the Pashtun areas using more wooden designs on the trucks and Punabi trucks having shaped metal and plastics. All parts of the country use a variety of bright symbols including religious symbols, scenery, and occasional patriotic symbols.

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Favorite thing: Generically, halal just means legal or lawful, but its real meaning is food permissible according to Islamic law. Islam has two meanings for Halal, both types of food that can be eaten and certain ways of slaughtering animals for eating. Halal killing of animals for food is defined as a quick, deep incision of an animal's neck leading to a sudden death with lots of blood leaving the body.

Haram, or not lawful or permissible, items include pork, blood, and alcohol, as well as foods cross contaminated with the latter, including pharmaceuticals and cosmetics contaminated with animal byproducts.

Of course, halal and humane are not synonyms. Experts claim halal killing is very inhumane as animals suffer fro up to two minutes as their bloods runs over the ground. Yay!

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Favorite thing: The Quran (or Koran) is the central text of Islam and is said to be the word of God as recorded by Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) between the years 610 and 632 CE.

The Quran is for sale in many of the bookshops in Kabul, though the copies are often kept locked up in a glass case. I have also seen digital copies of the Quran available.

http://quran.com/