By Azmat Ansari THE Hub river forms tiny lakes and pools along its course, the remnants of the run of the river from the last rains. Moving along vast hill escape made…
Urdu and Pakistan’s freedom struggle
By Lt. Col. Najmuddin Mirza (Retd) THE word Urdu has a very wide and great interest for the Muslims of the subcontinent and of special interest to us are the stimulating keynotes…
Muzaffarabad: the gateway to the Kashmir valley
AS our car moved across the bumpy bridge, made of wooden logs over the raging Jhelum river deep down below, the driver of our car told us we are now entering Azad…
Makli largest Muslim necropolis in Sindh, Pakistan
By Omar Mukhtar Khan ABOUT sixty kilometres east of Karachi, on the Karachi-Hyderabad highway is the largest cemetery of the East, Makli necropolis. Spread over an area of six square kilometres, these…
Pakistan Breakfast delights
By Hasan Sangrami THOUGH continental breakfast of bread, butter and eggs have become common in Pakistan, the majority of people still prefer traditional breakfast of chholay-puri-halwa or chai (tea) paratha for breakfast,…
History: Bombing of Gujranwala by British warplanes
By Qutubuddin Aziz THE year 1919 was a turbulent and blood-spattered year in the history of British colonial rule in India. Inebriated by the victory of the Anglo-French-led coalition against Kaiser’s Germany…
Thatta: the glory that was
By Omar Mukhtar Khan Tour of Thatta from Karachi Thatta, one of the most famous cities of Sindh, is mentioned as a flourishing city as far back as 1351 A.D. From the…
A memsahib’s view of Raja Ranjit Singh
By Hafizur Rahman Of the many books available on Maharajah Ranjit Singh, ruler of the Sikh empire that extended from the Sutlej to Kabul, none is as delightful as Fanny Eden’s book…
Mujaddad Alif Sani : The saint who revived Islam
By Iftikhar Ahmed In the 10th century Hijri, certain hostile forces tried to harm Islam in the subcontinent. At the time, on the one hand, Muslim scholars were trying to sort out…
Shikarpur Lost Glory
By Naseem Mughal SHIKARPUR is my native town. It is also the place where my parents and forefathers were born and received education. The city was once known for its literary figures,…
Sindh’s Island controversy
BUDDOO and Bundal, two islands lying off the Karachi coastline are the subject of a heated back-and-forth between the federal and Sindh governments. The controversy is a telling example of the leadership’s…
PTEGP organised tourism event in Lahore
(PTEGP) The Punjab Tourism for Economic Growth Project organized a “Media Awareness and Market Outreach Event” for its activity titled ‘Destination Investment and Management Plans (DIMPs)’ on Monday, 24th August in Lahore….