Top 10 pictures from Pakistan

[ghazi52]

Top 10 pictures from Pakistan


You may remember the Wiki Loves Monuments annual photography competition that has been taking place in Pakistan for the last two years.

This year's competition was supported by the Wikimedia Foundation, a California-based nonprofit organisation that runs Wikipedia, for the third time. It is also supported by Unesco through its Unite4Heritage campaign, launched to create a global movement to safeguard heritage.

Pakistan became the country with the seventh-largest number of submissions and participants, as 370 photographers participated and 11,000 photographs were submitted (70 per cent of them by Ibn-e-Azhar, an MBA graduate). For the global 2016 edition, 10,500 contestants from 43 countries submitted 265,000 photos throughout the month of September.

The competition aims to improve illustrations in Wikipedia articles about Pakistani cultural and historically significant properties. It helps preserve the world's cultural heritage sites by encouraging people to take their photographs and upload them to Wikipedia under a free license.

The international winners of Wiki Loves Monuments 2016 are yet to be announced, but the top 10 pictures to represent Pakistan as decided by Pakistan’s jury are below:

Noor Mahal in Bahawalpur. — Photo by Usama Shahid

Tomb of Jahangir in Lahore. — Photo by Tahsin Shah

Wazir Khan Mosque in Lahore. — Photo by Shahbaz Aslam

Faisal Mosque in Islamabad. — Photo by Ali Mujtaba

Minar-i-Pakistan in Lahore. — Photo by Waqas Afzal

Pakistan Monument in Islamabad. — Photo by Muhammad Ashar

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[ghazi52]

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Rohtas Fort in Jhelum. — Photo by Hassan Tahir

Badshahi Mosque in Lahore. — Photo by Muddiii

Derawar Fort in Bahawalpur. — Photo by Tahsin Shah

Tomb of Bibi Jawindi in Uch Sharif. — Photo by Usama Shahid

 

[PaklovesTurkiye]

@long_ @grey boy 2 @AndrewJin @T-123456

 

[Talwar e Pakistan]

The international winners of Wiki Loves Monuments 2016 are yet to be announced

Wasnt it already announced? Or was it last year. I think we won.

 

[[Bregs]]

nice share, some very well kept monuments and mosque

 

[AndrewJin]

Amazing!


Check 2:32
Mosque in China's Ningxia Autonomous region is really different from those in Pakistan!

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Rohtas Fort in Jhelum. — Photo by Hassan Tahir

Badshahi Mosque in Lahore. — Photo by Muddiii

Derawar Fort in Bahawalpur. — Photo by Tahsin Shah

Tomb of Bibi Jawindi in Uch Sharif. — Photo by Usama Shahid

Badshahi Mosque is so beautiful!

 

[ghazi52]

Wasnt it already announced? Or was it last year. I think we won.

This is

Wiki Loves Monuments 2015: Top 10 pictures from Pakistan


Anyone who has recently used Wikipedia must have noticed a banner at the top of every page, mentioning that the world’s largest photography competition has returned for 2015.

‘Wiki Loves Monuments’, aimed at documenting the world’s cultural heritage under a free license, recently concluded after receiving an overwhelming response.

The competition has been taking place since 2010 and has been officially categorised as the biggest photography competition in the world by Guinness World Records.

Pakistan became a part of the competition for the first time last year.

The global 2015 edition has seen more than 6,200 contestants participating from 33 countries, with over 220,000 photo submissions throughout the month of September.

From Pakistan, some 325 contestants participated from across the country, submitting more than 2,200 photographs; making it the country with the sixth most number of participants.

The best thing, of course, is that all the photos have a free license, meaning they can be reused for any purpose (even commercially), as long as the reuser attributes the photographer.

While the international winners of Wiki Loves Monuments 2015 are yet to be announced, the top 10 pictures to represent Pakistan as decided by Pakistan’s jury are here:

Faisal Mosque in Islamabad. —Photo by Ali Mujtaba

Minar-e-Pakistan in Lahore. —Photo by Muhammad Ashar

Abbasi Mosque in Bahawalpur. —Photo by Usama Shahid

Islamia College University in Peshawar. —Photo by Hamza Niazi

Tomb of Bibi Jawindi in Uch. —Photo by Moiz Ismaili

Government College University in Lahore. —Photo by Umer
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[ghazi52]

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Noor Mahal in Bahawalpur. —Photo by Usman Miski

Tomb of Shah Rukn-e-Alam in Multan. —Photo by Besal

Jinnah Mausoleum in Karachi. —Photo by M. Irfan

Khaplu Palace in Khaplu. —Photo by Samad Khan

 

[Chauvinist]

How one can miss the ghenta ghar of Faisalabad .. Here it is....!!!

Gives you the feeling of London..

 

[AndrewJin]

Who can give me some money to travel in Pakistan?

 

[T-123456]

Amazing!


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Mosque in China's Ningxia Autonomous region is really different from those in Pakistan!

Badshahi Mosque is so beautiful!

I should have learned the Chinese language.

 

[AndrewJin]

I should have learned the Chinese language.

Too late

 

[T-123456]

Too late

Yes,i predicted the economic boom of China in the early nineties,wanted to learn the language but because of circumstances,i didnt have the time,damn.
But i do know Nihao and Shi Shi.

 

[AndrewJin]

Yes,i predicted the economic boom of China in the early nineties,wanted to learn the language but because of circumstances,i didnt have the time,damn.
But i do know Nihao and Shi Shi.

shi shi is a girl's nickname.
Check Liu Shi Shi

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Noor Mahal in Bahawalpur. —Photo by Usman Miski

Tomb of Shah Rukn-e-Alam in Multan. —Photo by Besal

Jinnah Mausoleum in Karachi. —Photo by M. Irfan

Khaplu Palace in Khaplu. —Photo by Samad Khan

What is the last one for?
It looks mysterious

 

[T-123456]

shi shi is a girl's nickname.

Whats ''thank you'' then?