History

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...

I strongly believe that the milestone of 200 years of Urdu journalism did not get the extent of attention that...

When the world was overwhelmed with war mania and political revolutions, John Lennon was painting an image of a beautiful...

Erasing Histories and the Formation of Narratives When the former Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan was ousted in the...

There was a direct linear connection between Bhutto’s death and my near fatal accident. I will illustrate the principle of...

The Pakistani cultural heritage is known to be very diverse, and its essential elements are folk legacies and tangible symbols....

The Rise and Demise of Muslim Modernism The breakup of Pakistan in December 1971 produced a ‘New Pakistan.’ ZA. Bhutto,...

After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the map of the Communist world changed beyond recognition. The USSR disappeared and...

The famed Rohilla clans were mainly drawn from Pashtun tribes. They migrated from their barren surroundings in the Hindukush and,...

November of 1968 to February of 1969, were perhaps some of the most fiery times in the often troubled history...

On the 4th of November 1953, Queen Elizabeth II took her oath in front of the Archbishop, who asked, "Will...

The Company’s entry into India had begun with the Battle of Plassey in Bengal in 1757. The Company’s forces were...

Thoha Khalsa would have been another nondescript albeit picturesque and peaceful village, if not for a blood-curdling event in 1947....

The events which followed the death of the sixth great Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb in 1707, are well known. Every high...

"The skies over Baghdad have been illuminated” announced Pater Arnett of CNN to a world audience of television viewers. The...

The birth of Pakistan saw the 1948 Kashmir conflict and since then, the country has been in a state of...