A Journey Along The Railway Lines - My Trip To Attock

by Ammar Adnan
(Karachi,Pakistan)

This year me and my buddies decided to pay a visit to the Northern areas of Pakistan.Its not that i have never been there before, but what made this trip an everlasting memory was that it was the first time I went there by train.Getting on the train on 4Th Feb, we almost went through all major cities of Punjab and Sindh Province.

Attock is located at some 672 miles from Karachi and it took us some 28 hrs to reach there.Some may argue about the physical fatigue of this long journey but then again the best way to beat tiredness is to enjoy nature and which I don't think would have been possible if i were sitting in a Bullet-Train travelling at some 300,400 km/hr.


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Historyof Attock - Wikipedia
Gandhara was an historic region of ancient India (which corresponds to areas of north west Pakistan including Attock). Situated astride the middle Indus River, the region had Taxila and Peshawar as its chief cities. It was originally a province of the Persian Empire and was reached (327 B.C.) by Alexander the Great.