Was there last Feb. for work and found it quite lovely. I went by myself and felt completely safe the entire time.
What ws most interesting were the varying groups of people I met--Indians, Pakistanis, Lebanese, Iranians, Brits, Germans, all working on the same project.
My field crew was all Indian/Kashmir/Pakistani. But when I went out on the town with the GC supt., whom was Lebanese, we met up with 2 hot Iranian girls he knew..and we all drank alcohol together.
Here are some pics--the one has (2) crane cables twisted...that was an interesting day as one operator was Arab and the other was Iranian.