Urdu translation of Khushwat Singh’s Ranjit Singh: Maharaja of Punjab will bring Punjab’s history to a wider section of population Translation is a tedious job that can never

I attend a ceremony at a school of journalism in Buffer Zone in Karachi where 49 girls are awarded a certificate for the three-month course they had completed

Language issue causing division between ……. The fourth time rejection of a bill seeking the status of national language for regional languages by a parliamentary committee in as

From the Thal desert to the lush green plains of central Punjab and the pluvial Potohar, his voice echoed from every nook and corner of Punjab. Through his

It might sound amazing today that an entire street of the Walled City of Lahore was cleaned and scrubbed for two whole days just because a horse had

LAHORE – First ever National Punjabi Conference has been organised to raise the questions regarding the importance of Punjabi language.The conference was presented by Ahmad Raza who is

For the past seven years, during my stay in the United States, my identity has undergone many transformations.The journey started with feeling like a foreigner in the USA;

Punjabi as a catalyst for regional and global … After the British annexed Punjab they decided to use Urdu as the language of education and, therefore, Hindus, Muslims

“I find gossip about me mildly amusing” Tahira Syed talks to Ally Adnan about her exacting mother, indulgent father and the joys of being single The youngest child

The Empire of the Indus… The Indus, the longest river in Pakistan, is one of the most mesmerizing geographical features of the region. Centuries of history entwined with

LEARNING English will make you rich, and learning Arabic will make you holy. No one ever says these things out loud in Pakistan, but their premises undergird many

Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s death in June, 1839 triggered a visible slide into turmoil of his Punjabi Kingdom, an unrest which had hitherto remained under the lid, even as

“The India-Pakistan divide does not carry over … Shafqat Salamat Ali Khan, one of the living legends of classical music in Pakistan, talks to Ally Adnan about the

After years of fantasising about the 24-hour-long bus ride from Karachi, where I live, to Rawalpindi, I was finally ready to embark on my coveted cross country adventure,

On the 90th anniversary of Mohammad Rafi’s birth, Asif Anwar Alig pays tribute to the man who could not return to the city that gave him his start

Faiz Ahmed Faiz poses with revolutionary Punjabi poet Ustaad Daaman in this undated photograph.Daaman, whose real name was Chiragh Din, was a tailor by profession. He joined the

Whether curriculum needs to be in line with the cognitive needs and interests of the target group – children – or if it should be based on geopolitical

Why, in 1947, was India partitioned? Was partition inevitable? Usually, these two questions dominate political discussions between the people from India and Pakistan. In search of their own

Khawaja Shakeel, the chairman of the Gawalmandi food street may have some answers.“After partition, Gawalmandi was the first properly developed area outside of the walled city in Lahore.

ISLAMABAD: Beneath the clear and starry winter skies of Islamabad, the beautiful, people from all walks of life celebrated the depth of Sindhi culture and diversity of Pakistani

Ghadar, Bhagat Singh and their legacies … On the concluding day of the international conference commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Ghadar Movement, speakers analysed various aspects of

Music becomes collateral damage in souring of …. After the Lahore-based Sachal Jazz Ensemble's seven Pakistani artists were denied permission to perform at the National Centre for the

Crossing borders: Why every Indian should visit… Within a few hours of being in Lahore, it seemed that the entire city was going out of its way to

The Making of Exile: Sindhi Hindus and….. Gateway House Mumbai, a foreign policy think tank, invited me in July 2014 to a brainstorming session on Indo-Pak trade. On

Interviewing people whose memories are scattered across both sides of the Indo-Pak border, Aanchal Malhotra was alerted to the ways in which memory shapes our lives and what

"The Fort formed at once the place of defence, the treasury, and the residence of the native rulers."— Richard F. Burton in *Sindh revisited* Located right in the

PATIALA: Successive Punjab governments have made it a point to celebrate Maharaja Ranjit Singh's birth anniversary on November 13 at Badrukhan village in Sangrur district, but even after

Summers are usually very hot in the plains of central Punjab, although it rains often in monsoon season but as soon as it stops pouring, the heavy and

‘Christians required only as sweepers’ On September 28, the Punjab Cardiology Hospital issued a corrigendum stating that both Muslims and non-Muslims were eligible for sanitation-related jobs. Earlier on

Search engine giant Google celebrated the 67th birthday of legendary Pakistani singer and musician late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan by making a doodle of the legend. The Google

The family of late Mohammad Achar Kumbhar, one of the renowned potters of the country, and his relatives living in the Tando Bago town of Badin district have

SUKKUR: A large number of members of the Sikh community, their well-wishers and supporters took out a rally in Jacobabad on Monday in protest against desecration of their

It is rarely that one rarely comes across an academic who shows utmost commitment and sincerity to his research endeavours. We don’t have many genuine scholars in our

Pablo Neruda never visited Punjab but he was friends with a Punjabi (Faiz Ahmad Faiz) who may have told him about his land, people and partition while talking

Makai roti and sarson ka saag — … Makai ki roti and sarson ka saag is popular item across the subcontinent, and is especially sought after in winter.

LAHORE: Punjabi scholar, poet, researcher and educationist Sharif Sabir, who passed away on Thursday, was laid to rest at Narang Mandi on Friday. He was 85.Born at Pakki

“Punjabi families no longer speak Punjabi with their children”. This generalisation we usually hear whenever we talk about the long-standing issue of language in Pakistan. This is, though,

Humera Channa stresses on the need for music academies and shares her views on the current state of Pakistani music, Humera Channa has achieved countless milestones and garnered

A worshipperREVERENTLY fans the Guru Granth Sahib with a fly whisk in Gurdwara Shah which opened to the public in Bhit Shah on Sept 4. —Fahim Siddiqi /

The Bradlaugh Hall, a hallmark of the anti-colonial freedom movement in the subcontinent, is crumbling behind the district courts of Lahore. For almost half a century, the famous

He would have been a hundred years old this year. But the writer Rajinder Singh Bedi, seems to have comfortably escaped the critical stereotyping that has marred (and

QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch, at a function organised on Wednesday in connection with the Pashtoon Cultural Day, termed promotion of culture and language as

Annual Urs of Hazrat Baba Budhu Shah Abdal and Sain Ghulam Muhammad is being celebrated today (March 31) at Pleer Sharif near Dadial, Azad Kashmir. People, from far

In India – the land of its birth – Urdu has, over the last few decades, been sidelined as the language of Muslims (no one community can be

Normalcy is returning to Pakistan’s Pashtun heartland after nine years of violence and bloodshed. Security has significantly improved following the successful military operations. However, the followers of the

Renowned folk singer Qurban Niazi migrated to Pakistan from Jalandhar in Indian Punjab after the 1947 partition. Almost two decades later, Niazi performed with his brother, Tufail Niazi,

Vancouver, BC (September 10, 2015) – The Dhahan International Punjabi Literature Prize proudly announces the 2015 winners awarded for excellence in the Punjabi literary community. The Dhahan Prize

QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch has said that promotion of languages and literature is necessary for survival and development of any nation. “Literature promotes harmony,

QUETTA: Writers, poets, intellectuals, authors and literary figures have demanded the government to make Pashto an official and educational language. Speakers at the World Pashto Conference spoke at

“We doubt whether any other man, European or Indian, has taken as great a part in the making of the Punjab of to-day as has Dr. Forman. A

Izhar Ahmad Gulzar is a Paksitani poet, fiction writer, author, broad castor, critic and researcher, born july 15, 1966 in village 87 G.B. (Babay Di Bair) Distt. Faisalabad,

If you ever find yourself in Kallar Syedan, a sub-district of Rawalpindi, just ask around for the ‘Babay Da Mehal’. Locals will guide you through the narrow alleys

Mutinous protests are evident everywhere in Punjab. BJP, a coalition partner is protesting that Akalis do not listen to them enough and are involved in nefarious activities; corruption,

Be that as it may, says Ishtiaq Ahmed, Ajoka’s theatre of …. With the publication of Theatre for Social Change: Ajoka’s Journey 1984–2014 (Lahore, Ajoka Publications, 2015), we

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court proposed on Tuesday that a renowned architect be employed to rebuild a Hindu temple in Karak district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as had been done

Over to ‘Urdish’ LANGUAGE continues to be an enigma in Pakistan. For the umpteenth time education is being ‘reformed’ in this country. Federal Minister of Planning and Development

Viewed from a rooftop during the day, the entire Qawwal Gali seems to be a godforsaken collection of untidy apartments and their poorly maintained surroundings. But at night,

To the south of Chakwal lies its oldest village Bhoun. Stretching on both sides of Chakwal-Sargodha Road, the village still holds its cultural touch where Jalsa (bulls’ contest),

Despite Hindus being Pakistan’s largest religious minority, their presence is conspicuously marred by the more evident Christian minority. The reason being concentration of Hindus in the Southern provinces,

Tappa has been a form of folk music as well as classical music, to enter into details of, which Ustad Badaruz Zaman had come out with his seventh