Tag: Memoir

In the district of Jhang is a tehsil called Shorkot. It is an ancient city once known as Sibipura, although ...

On this particular night in July 1971, we were told to to get ready for a 3 AM departure. Pakistan ...

MAJOR GENERAL SYED ALI HAMID REFLECTS ON AN UNSUCCESSFUL 1938 ATTEMPT BY HIS FATHER

Shehla Ahmad Khan on the life and times of her father Shehzad Ahmad Khan (May 6th 1923, Muradabad – November ...

Capt. Ejaz Haq shares his recollections of 1971

Javid Ali Khan describes the intense diplomacy by ZAB, as he laid the grounds for Pakistan’s public to accept Bangladesh ...

Akbar Ahmed reflects on why he questioned General Zia-ul-Haq on his vision for religion, state and society – at an ...

Akbar Ahmed recalls a time when he couldn’t resist questioning General Zia-ul-Haq on his vision for religion, state and society ...

Javid Ali Khan on how his family, that of Pakistan’s first PM, settled in Karachi during Partition – and how ...

Javid Ali Khan narrates how his family, that of Pakistan’s first PM, had to flee their home as Partition violence ...

Javid Ali Khan narrates how his family, that of Pakistan’s first PM, had to flee their home as Partition violence ...

Javid Ali Khan narrates how his family, that of Pakistan's first PM, had to flee their home as Partition violence ...

My father was aspiring to become a lecturer in the newly started medical college in Aligarh, the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical ...

An extract from 'Biswin Sadi Memoirs - Growing up in Delhi during the 1960s and '70s' by Jamil Urfi

An extract from ‘Biswin Sadi Memoirs - Growing up in Delhi during the 1960s and ’70s’ by Jamil Urfi

Parvez Mahmood describes his life in transition from the crowded inner city to an elite cadet school

Parvez Mahmood describes his life in transition from the crowded inner city to an elite cadet school

Parvez Mahmood writes about his mother: a tale of the struggle and triumph of a generation uprooted by Partition

Justice Salahuddin Mirza (retd.) recounts his memories of the 1965 Indo-Pak war, as narrated to Parvez Mahmood

Parvez Mahmood was on sentry duty while the country became engulfed in a horrific conflict in 1971

Parvez Mahmood shares his reminiscences of the 1965 war

Parvez Mahmood paints a portrait of an unlikely but enduring friendship, in writing about poet, collector and lifelong adventurer Orooj ...

The late Mairaj Muhammad Khan recalls Bhutto's emergence as a populist 'saviour': in his own words, interviewed and transcribed by ...

Parvez Mahmood on a memorable childhood - growing up in the lively, rough and evergreen heart of Lahore in the ...

Parvez Mahmood recalls how his skills at kite-flying and his 'kapi' (copy) for stamps got him through the most important ...

Parvez Mahmood recounts the struggles of a father of limited resources to get his children an education in a young ...