Said Pur "The Oldest Village"

It was a sunny day, very pleasant and perfect for some adventure. The clouds were looking so beautiful and the empty road filled with green belts and blooming trees and flowers melted our heart straight away. After all there is a reason Islamabad is one of most beautiful capital in the world.

At start of Said Pur village there was a old fashioned well telling us about our culture and old method of extraction of water from earth. This huge ball was rotated by people when they had to extract water for domestic  purposes and by cows and bulls for purpose of agriculture. There was also a “mandi” where there were cows and sheeps  present. Staying in middle of animals and these old equipments gave me a pretty accurate idea about village life and its aspect which as one of unique experience.

We also saw  a Sikh Gurdwara in Said Pur as well as the prayer place of Hindus. It showed to us that what Quaid said in 1947 about right of minorities was not just a fancy catch phrase.  Non-Muslims have as much independence and freedom to practice their religion and beliefs here as much as Muslims are.  The Sikh Gurdwara had names written on stairs. They were people who made this Gurdwara. The fact that there are 2 religious representation of Sikh  and Hinduism in a Muslim country is a symbolic gesture that we don’t hate anyone on basis of their cast, religion or any physical attribute.  These are also teaching of Holy Prophet (PBUH).

There was also one rare picture in Dharmshala  which showed Mr Doxiadis  explaining the master plan for Islamabad to CDA officials as well as a picture of president of Pakistan reviewing that master plan of capital. The view of Margallah hills, the closely bounded streets, the free roaming animals and other factors gave us a unique feeling that people in villages are used to but we rarely encounter. After the lunch we visited every corner of village tring to soak this wonderful experience inside us as much as possible and went home with a plan to return to rejoice this wonderful experience very soon.