History

On his watch, the Pakistani army decided to attack Indian positions at Kargil, Kashmir, in the spring of 1999. He...

I began my education in Gujrat in 1957 in a Municipal Corporation Primary School (a tat school) located near Islamia...

Sheikh Mujib Ur Rahman was at once the most iconic, controversial, hated and loved political leaders of Pakistan. Born on...

In Pakistan, as in much of the Muslim world, the Ottoman Emperors are idolised, and often portrayed as God’s gift...

I used to be invited by the Staff College at Quetta to give a talk on the evolution of warfare,...

The electoral victory of the PTI in 2018 was welcomed by many Pakistanis and it was seen as an end...

It is a well-settled principle of human history that rapid change can only be brought through sustained struggle, sacrifices and...

Pakistan’s use of religion-inspired militants as a tool of foreign policy dates back to the very first skirmish with India,...

In the last few years, a new word has been added to the political vocabulary – “Syrianization.” This new word...

A mindful reader, prior to reading the next paragraphs, might ask to summarise William Jones’ profile before his voyage to...

The famous Marxist, late Meraj Muhammad Khan, once told me that he wept when Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Z.A. Bhutto...

This author spent his formative years within the walled city of Lahore. Recently, he visited Shah Alam Market on an...

Some argumentative readers may question the topic of this article. Frankly speaking, Sir William Jones was not my first choice....

Dr. Henry Kissinger, the scholar, statesman, political activist, author and professor at Harvard University, is today almost a hundred years...

Sometimes I wonder that if I were to be teleported to the time when some historical event was in progress,...

As the world welcomes 2023, Pakistanis begin the new year with the same question in mind. It is neither a...

There are a few historical cemeteries in Garhi Yasin taluka in the Shikarpur district where there are buried Kalhora-period (1700-1783)...

Recently, the 225th birth anniversary of Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib, the greatest of classical modern Urdu poets, was celebrated in...

It can be perplexing to take a view of the rapid rise of the Arabs, beginning with the theological foundations...

Amrot Sharif is a historical village in Garhi Yasin taluka in the Shikarpur district. It is located about 9 km...

Just 24 years after its birth, Pakistan suffered the most tragic and horrific shock of its short history when the...

Strong nations rely on their political, judicial and military leadership to act in good faith for the greater good of...

Shikarpur is the home of a number of shrines of Sufis and saints that belong to various Sufi orders. Three...

Canadian physician William Osler, often called the father of modern medicine, once said, “No man is really happy or safe...

John Butt is an Englishman who arrived in Pakistan in the 1970s, working and living in the Pakhtun regions. John...

Tracing human identities is a unique feature of history writing. Humans dwell in layers of identities and every identity reflects...