Stepping Across the Line at Wagah Border
The last time I crossed the India-Pakistan border was in January. Crossing the border on foot has a strange way of defying the received wisdom about border crossings, and indeed about India and Pakistan.... Literary Tribute : Kar ke thaiya thaiya
"There is a need to read, research, and understand the message of humanity as taught by Bulleh Shah,” says Dr Soomro. ... Balrag Sahni : A class act
Balrag Sahni : A class act ,...Bulleh Shah: Neither am I virtuous nor a sinner
The central courtyard outside the shrine of Bulleh Shah in Kasur, Punjab. -Photo by Bushra Shehzad/Hosh media . ....History of Sufism in Sindh discussed
KARACHI: An enlightening lecture on ‘Sufism in Sindh’ was delivered by eminent scholar Prof Dr Michel Boivin at the Mohatta Palace Museum on Tuesday evening. ...Tugging at the heart strings
About half a kilometre from Karachi’s famous Banaras Chowk, to the left side of Banaras Nullah, stands a tiny old shop. The exterior is far from impressive; the interior even less so.,...Promotion of Sufism stressed to curb extremism
ISLAMABAD: Promotion of the teachings of Sultan Bahu and other such saints were need of the hour to put an end to extremism in the country and the region, opined intellectuals gathered here at the Pakistan ...No line of control here
A Pakistani whose efforts at rural development in Andhra Pradesh have been acclaimed, Shoaib Sultan Khan has shown there is much scope for cooperation across a troubled border ..... The maestro and his divine intonations
“The King of Qawwali,” was born on October 13 in 1948 in the city of Faisalabad, Pakistan. Khan’s father Ustad Fateh Ali Khan, was a musicologist, vocalist, instrumentalist, and Qawwal. . ...From Amrita Shergil to Lady Harrison
Earlier this year, I set out in search of some old houses in Lahore city, where the legends of arts had once lived, I came across the house of Amrita Shergil, a true Punjabi artist, who breathed her. ...