Heritage

The contemporary world is building a cyber-megalopolis. This Internet super city is going to house goods from various parts of...

In a world grappling with chronic dilemmas of over population, poverty and climate change, meaningful strategy is needed to address...

There is an abundance of myths and superstitious beliefs around the Subcontinent. In Pakistan, many of these beliefs revolve around...

There are many historical villages in Talagnag tehsil in Chakwal district. One such village is Singwala, which is located about...

I visited many shrines in different villages and towns during my research on female saints in Pothohar. During the research,...

Fim Kassar village is located about 3 km west of Dhudial town in Chakwal district. This village is famous for...

Shikarpur’s historical mosques and Sufi tombs are noted for their distinctive features. Portals, wooden doors, windows, ceilings and mihrabs were...

There are a few saints and shrines in Shikarpur which need to be studied thoroughly as no academic research has...

The smooth ochre sands of the Thar reflect in Marvi’s lambent golden eyes; she knows not yet of the distant...

What is it that makes us nostalgic about the past – even though in its time it may have been...

The heartfelt agreement in Nashmia Haroon’s voice when one gasps at the detailed work affirms that one is still alive...

His life was to be played out in Makhachkala, but fate ultimately landed him in Lahore, in a country which...

Much like Rome, Lahore too was not built in a day. The sprawling city as we know it today did...

Sometimes we forget – or more aptly put, consciously ignore – the actual partitioning process that took place during the...

The cemetery of Syed Manochar Shah, now popularly known as Syed Manchar Shah Ghazi, is located on the Shikarpur Bypass....

Not much has been written on the Jamia mosque of Lakhidar. A few scholars gave passing remarks in their articles...

There are many historical mosques and shrines in Shikarpur, a majority of which have now been either renovated or rebuilt....

Mian Jo Goth is a historic village in the Shikarpur district which is famous for the shrine of eminent nineteenth-century...

Shikarpur district is home to many Sufi shrines. One such shrine belongs to Mian Muhammad Jami. Over three dozen books...

Migrants brings with them their own traditions and what we grow up with remains with us through our lives. Food...

Pat Sharif was a historical village whose landscape was dotted with the shrines of saints, khanqahs, mosques and madrassahs. The...

When Arundhati Roy wrote ““History’s smell. Like old roses on a breeze. It would lurk forever in ordinary things.” Maybe...

The majority of historic tombs in districts of Kamber-Shahdadkot, Dadu, Sanghar, and Shaheed Benazirabad (formerly Nawabshah) depict the folk romances...

Almost every hamlet in Bhimbrar Trar village near Gulberg Residencia in Islamabad capital territory is noted for its unique history,...

In Lahore, the city of saints, one of the most revered Sufi-poets is Shah Hussain, whose short poems in the...

There are Sufi shrines in almost every old locality of Rawalpindi which belong to different Sufi orders. A few of...