ISLAMABAD: Wazir Khan Mosque was rediscovered Friday at the National Art Gallery when Memoona Khan introduced her book she had written on its ancient architecture. The associate professor, author and chairperson at…
Anarkali Myth, Mystry and history
njoying the rich architecture and the cultural-historical treasures of Lahore, one cannot help being awed by the grandeur and the mystery of a Mughal-era tomb’s pale-white dome situated inside the south-western boundary…
Conserving wetlands thrugh tourism
By Nasir Ali Panhwar IN areas of natural attractions, eco-tourism is often used as the primary justification for developing hotels/ motels and other facilities, mainly because of its socio-economic benefits. If ecotourism…
Rare Indus Seal discovered at archeological site in Cholistan
LAHORE, Feb 6: The Punjab University’s archaeology department has discovered a rare Indus seal in steatite material with carved figure of an Ibex with two pictographs from the archeological site of Wattoowala…
Pakistan Tourism very slow but improving
Pakistan having troubled politics and media’s ruthless ill-reporting has huge tourism prospects. Its rich history and beautiful mountains are still are unmatched. There are still many tourists who want to see this…
Gora Qabrustan – Christian Cemetery Karachi
THE silence is tangible. Graves do not speak. They remain hush-hush and communicate through quietude. Quietude has its own language ? language of unrealised dreams, of a life well-led or of untimely…
Accredited Professional Councils for degrees in Pakistan
It has been noticed with concern by the quarters concerned that degree programmes of some Universities are being initiated / continued without obtaining accreditation from the concerned professional Councils. Non-Recognition of such…
Situation in Balouchistan
Before I begin my observation about Balouchistan, let me tell you what is Balouchistan? Most of our people do not know that before the siege of the English Balouchistan was an independent…
The Sultan of the Samma dynasty in Thatta
Driving through the largest necropolis in the world ? the historical Makli graveyard in Thatta ? is like driving through different eras of ancient history: great kings representing several dynasties are buried…
On changing the names of places in Lahore
Pakistan came into being only in 1947 however the roads buildings institutions parks and many other objects of civilization were built discovered and used by the common people much before the existence…
Situation in Pakistan in 2012 – An overview
The year 2011 began with usual terrorist attacks and target killings in Karachi however as this year ends now we se that there has been a significant decrease in the number of…
Punjab condemned and praised
PAANCH DRYON KA DES compiled and edited by Dr. Naveed Shahzad; pp 252; price Rs300 (lib); Publishers Department of Language and Literature, Punjab University, Oriental College, Lahore. The book consists of poems…