Tag: History

Lad Malika was the first wife of Sher Shah Suri, who had defeated Mughal Emperor Humayun to bring an end ...

Lahore is a cage with opened doors. It lets you fly, loiter around, or take flight. No matter what you would ...

Everyone can take action in their own way to help our fellow human beings in trouble.  The team at The ...

Our prayers and blessings for the departed soul of the late great Queen Elizabeth II. Her death represents the passing ...

One of the prime examples of history being moulded and misinterpreted in order to provide political justifications is the historiography ...

Tripurdaman Singh and Adeel Hussain, an Indian and a Pakistani historian, have co-authored the book, Nehru, the debates that defined ...

Dedicated to Lahore’s most courageous women - Asma Jahangir and Rubina Saigol. Despite the reference to the ‘long Partition,’ the ...

One cannot help but begin with the question asked by the Bard as his melancholy protagonist, Hamlet, contemplated death and ...

Broadly speaking, Pakistani historiography has tended to focus mainly on the country’s high politics, but a few have penned the ...

As I feel thoughtful about the past and future of Pakistan, 75 years after its independence, a video of a ...

Ancient battles echo through the chambers of history, not just in the corridors of the History or English departments at ...

The ill treatment of minorities in Pakistan has driven tremendous human capital away from the country. The cases of the ...

Many remain unexposed to Karbala’s tragic story which has immeasurable spiritual weight. There is a need, now more than ever, ...

Every afternoon after school, Shahid Zaidi would end up at his father’s studio Zaidis Photographers, and seek the coolness of ...

Maverick, unpredictable, volatile, albeit a visionary and cold-bloodedly authoritarian who struck gold at an early age in the anachronistically medieval ...

It’s the rare traveller who journeys through Europe, North Africa or the Levant without encountering a Roman ruin. At its ...

There is a widespread tendency among scholars to categorise thinkers among existing ideologies and fit them within the dominant schools ...

The retrospective exhibition showcasing Rasheed Araeen’s works of art opened its doors in March 2022 at COMO Museum Of Art ...

Labour strikes in the modern era are traced back to the 19th-century struggles for an 8-hour workday. However, the history ...

Pakistan is once again in the eye of the hurricane. Since the constitutional ouster of the PTI government, Pakistan has ...

It is interesting to see how migrants can bring their cultures with them and then adapt them to local practices, ...

Osman Samiuddin writes in his book, The Unquiet Ones: A History Of Pakistan Cricket, about Pakistan’s win at Bangalore in ...

Ruttie Jinnah nee Petit was 18 years old when she married the 42 year old barrister and the then joint ...

The night of April 10, 2022 reinforced a sharp divide in the educated segment of society: between PTI supporters and ...

On June 1, 1215, the Mongols made history when they took Beijing. After a long siege, the starved residents surrendered. The ...

Mr. Imran Khan welcomes the Judiciary’s decision on Article 63-A as it positively impacts his politics, especially in Punjab. Political ...