Describing Lahore Through The Ages: From Walled City To Suburban Housing Societies
This author spent his formative years within the walled city of Lahore. Recently, he visited Shah Alam Market on an...
This author spent his formative years within the walled city of Lahore. Recently, he visited Shah Alam Market on an...
Arguably the greatest loss to filmi music in 2022 was Lata Mangeshkar’s demise. She was the voice of the universe....
During the Fall 2022 semester, I had the pleasure of taking a course titled “The World of Islam,” taught by...
Rawalpindi, 27 December 2007 – Benazir Bhutto, the iconic twice elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, was brutally assassinated by the...
Many people who had contributed to the arts, politics and culture of South Asian have passed away this year. Among...
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...
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...
On September 21 2022, just a couple of days after the National T20 tournament had ended, the Multan International Cricket...
I hope I see you before I depart this world! This entreaty was from Asif, my friend of 55 years,...
They say being a martyr is an honour bestowed to few who carry the ability to acknowledge something beyond the...
Thoha Khalsa would have been another nondescript albeit picturesque and peaceful village, if not for a blood-curdling event in 1947....
In 1947, my mother Tahirah and her eldest sister Amina were the only two members of their family who migrated...
Early in 1979, the people of Lahore learned that Antonio Inoki, the best known wrestler in the world at the...
(I) An old oak tree in my neighborhood made me cry. I live in the Oakhill area in Austin, Texas...
Imagine a spacious house in which four brothers live with their families in a traditional joint-family system. Each brother has...
125 years ago in August 1897, the might of the British empire was challenged by the Pakhtun tribes around the...
For dwellers of the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi seeking respite from scorching heat, the road adjoining the GT...
As I feel thoughtful about the past and future of Pakistan, 75 years after its independence, a video of a...
The Movement for Restoration of Democracy (MRD) was formed in 1981 with eleven parties as its components, with the goal...
My friend and cousin Syed Tamezul Hasan passed away last month. We came from the same small town, Sahaswan, Badaun,...
Summer always reminds me of family holidays. In our case, it was the road trip up the Grand Trunk (GT)...
43 years ago in April 1979, a former prime minster of Pakistan, Z.A. Bhutto, was executed for allegedly ordering the...
Mr. Imran Khan welcomes the Judiciary’s decision on Article 63-A as it positively impacts his politics, especially in Punjab. Political...
“Takkar is in the throes of war, Bullets are flying everywhere, and the trees are shedding their leaves, And Takkar...
Condemnations continue to pour in on the suicide...
While this quotation comes from a story about...
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