1977.Karachi. Myself, Captains AP Singh and Luv Shingal had reached Karachi sailing the boat named Albatross from Bombay in 17 days. A deadly storm and day-and-night sailing the tiny boat had taken its toll on us: starvation due to seasickness and inability to sleep at night!......

In recent times the tradition of veil, in particular by the Muslim women, has come under fire in enlightened and progressive parts of the world. Freedom of speech and practice of religion aside, laws have been enacted in some countries to make wearing of the veil (hijab) illegal. ...

The effect of Partition on Punjab was to brutally tear apart communities of Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs who had lived together for centuries. Dr. Ishtiaq Ahmed reviews a BOOK by Amardeep Singh, which seeks out the many surviving remnants of the formerly. ...

1977.Ras-e-Jask(Iran).Another fifteen days of sailing past Gwadar and Chah Bahar took us to the narrow entrance to Persian Gulf famously named Strait of Hormuz. Our "Pilot", book giving useful information about harbors, written by some British sailor perhaps a century ago,...

One October morning, Aizaz Akhtar received an unusual request from his boss, Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, to accompany him on trip to a mystery location in Kasur. With Sharif and his staff, Akhtar rode a helicopter, hopped onto a disguised bus and eventually....

For us middle-class fellows who grew up in Lahore in the 1950s and 1960s, the greatest joy and entertainment was to save enough pocket-money to go and watch a film in one of Lahore’s film theatres. In fact whenever I left home on Temple Road and ...

Dr Manzur Ejaz is, as all concerned with the language, literature, culture and history of Punjab know, a rooted intellectual, politically conscious writer, insightful literary critic, fair-minded columnist and reluctant poet. .....

Ihtiaq Ahmed continues his discussion of the historical and cultural context in which  Punjabis participated in the film industry s Pre-Partition Bombay became the capital of the Indian film industry....

Renowned folk singer Manpreet Akhtar died of heart attack and brain hemorrhage while under emergency treatment in a hospital of Patiala at the age of 50+, on Sunday, the 17th January, 2015. She was the real sister of famous Punjabi singer ...