Pakistan Hosts Symposium to Showcase Buddhist Tourism Sites
Justin Whitaker
13 July 2023
The county’s leaders hope to show a welcoming, tourist-friendly side to the Buddhist world
Buddhica Antiqua: Preserving Ancient Buddhist Heritage with the Digitalisation of Gandharan Artefacts Team
Raymond Lam
27 June 2023
A Bochum-based research team’s collaboration with Pakistani researchers will transform Gandhara art studies
Attendees Praise India’s Role in Buddhist History at “Shared Buddhist Heritage” Conference
Justin Whitaker
21 March 2023
The “first of its kind” conference on the heritage of Buddhism in the region is aimed at deepening ties among countries that represent nearly half of the world’s people.
Khyentse Foundation Supports Donation of Ancient Gandhari Buddhist Manuscripts to Pakistan
Craig C Lewis
15 March 2023
Khyentse Foundation has announced that a collection of 2,000-year-old Buddhist manuscripts have been donated to the Islamabad Museum in Pakistan.
Gandharan Text at the US Library of Congress May Rewrite the History of Buddhism
Sensei Alex Kakuyo
29 November 2022
The discovery shows there is still much work to be done to understand the earliest centuries of Buddhism’s development
Buddhism added to Pakistan’s National Curriculum, along with Zoroastrianism, Other Minority Religions
Justin Whitaker
15 March 2022
Pakistan to begin teaching Buddhism to pupils across the country alongside other religions
UPDATE: Archeologists Detail Importance of Buddhist Artifacts Found in Pakistan
Sensei Alex Kakuyo
1 March 2022
Growing list of discoveries in Pakistan will strengthen the country’s place as a site for Buddhist pilgrimage and tourism
Jogye Order Confers Award on Pakistan’s Ambassador to South Korea
Raymond Lam
21 December 2021
Pakistan’s Mumtaz Zahra Baloch becomes the first non-Korean national to receive the Plaque of Gratitude award
Pakistan’s Surviving Buddhist Communities in Danger of Extinction
Dipen Barua
15 October 2021
Buddhists cite a lack of places to worship, religious teachers, and government support
Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Buddhist Complex in Pakistan
Justin Whitaker
9 February 2021
Site is one of the largest discovered in the region and…
First Online Exhibition of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation on Shared Buddhist Heritage Opens
Dipen Barua
11 December 2020
An incredible collection of Buddhist art is made…
Ancient Buddhist Rock Carvings in Pakistan Vandalized
Justin Whitaker
2 June 2020
Caught between a hostile present and potentially…