Legacy

18 March 2023 marked the 30th death anniversary of Mohammed Khan Junejo, but the date passed by with scant mention...

Bhagat Singh was a brave son, a true patriot, and a free citizen of a country in the grips of...

A Pakhtun poet named Mawezi in the poem below describes Azim Khan’s messenger’s arrival at Peshawar and imploring people to...

Time indeed flies. I remember watching An Inspector Calls on one of my trips to London back in 2006. It...

When I arrived at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) School as a young, wide-eyed lad of barely 12, India and...

With a flare-up of violence once again between Israelis and Palestinians, my thoughts turned to those figures who could bridge...

He is 98 years old and has voluntarily forgone all medical treatment and returned home to spend his last days...

Modern India is a land of dizzying contrasts. Indian scientists have developed plans to send satellites to Mars, while Indian...

Professor Dr. Cinzia Susanna Bearzot is a professor of Greek History. She works at the Department of Classical Philology, Papyrology...

After putting kids to bed, I was scrolling through social media for the day’s feed, and read a post by...

The living legend of Pakistani films, television and stage Zia Mohyeddin has taken his final bow and passed into oblivion....

Today, the 10th of February 2023, marks the 36th death anniversary of Sadequain Amrohi, the legendary poet, painter and calligrapher....

General Pervez Musharraf held the dubious distinction of following in the footsteps of military dictators Ayub, Yahya and Zia. Like...

Soon after toppling the second Nawaz Sharif government in October 1999 in a military coup, General Parvez Musharraf posed for...

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...

“Every deep thinker is more afraid of being understood than of being misunderstood,” said Friedrich Nietzsche. Jaun Elia’s case is...

When the Prophet of Islam (peace and blessings on him) returned to Makkah at the head of a large victorious...

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

Modern-day Pakistani society is suffering from crises like terrorism, extremism, intolerance and polarisation. In this context, a cultural festival with...

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

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...

In the good old days when there was a regular exchange of theatre productions between India and Pakistan, the Pakistani...

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

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