Stories by Salman Tahir

The writer is a senior project manager at the Citizens Archive of Pakistan. He can be contacted at salmanhistorian@gmail.com

HERITAGE: PROTECTED BY THE PEEPAL

HERITAGE: PROTECTED BY THE PEEPAL

When demolition crews recently cleared the area around Lahore’s Bhati Gate, one small domed shrine survived — not because anyone Published 22 Feb, 2026 06:46am
CULTURE: FADING INTO SILENCE

CULTURE: FADING INTO SILENCE

For a thousand years, Punjab kept its history in song, not script. Now, fewer than a dozen people can still perform the epic tales that once filled every village square. Updated 15 Dec, 2025 02:22pm
CULTURE: THE FORGOTTEN HEART

CULTURE: THE FORGOTTEN HEART

Before Bapsi Sidhwa’s Ice-Candy Man, there was Mumtaz Shahnawaz’s The Heart Divided — Pakistan’s first English-language Partition Published 01 Jun, 2025 07:39am