Ahmed Shah ransacked Lahore and then made it a launching pad for further attack deep into the empire taking on the... Published Aug 19, 2019 07:02am

Waris Shah’s retelling of Heer’s legend proved to be a unique creative act; it emerged as the grand narrative of... Published Aug 05, 2019 07:02am

The only Var we have of Dulla comes from far away Sikh dominated East Punjab in Doabi dialect which is slightly... Published Jul 29, 2019 06:58am

History, we all know, is invariably a handmaiden of those who rule. And those who rule always have much to hide... Published Jul 22, 2019 06:50am

Faqir Muhammad Faqir [1900-1974], a prominent poet, writer and editor, was one of the important literary figures of... Published Jul 15, 2019 07:12am

An individual can’t exist alone as he/she has to have a visible and invisible complex network of social relations... Published Jul 08, 2019 07:15am

The man looked ordinary but what he achieved was absolutely extraordinary. Few among us have been fortunate enough ... Published Jul 01, 2019 06:58am

People in our part of the world by and large don’t treat assets owned by the state as their own. In fact given ... Published Jun 24, 2019 07:10am

Waris Shah is not only the people’s poet but is also the undisputed bard of the Punjab. His Qissa [the Tale] has... Published Jun 10, 2019 06:49am

Resistance is a part of Punjab’s tradition which is nothing unusual as we witness it in all societies in the face... Published Jun 03, 2019 07:27am

One of the widespread fallacies routinely touted in our political and cultural discourse in the country is that the... Published May 27, 2019 07:20am

Institutions such as colleges and universities apart from imparting what is traditionally known as education can ... Published May 20, 2019 07:12am

Poetry is essentially linked with the stirrings of imagination. An imaginative reconstruction of whatever a poet... Published May 13, 2019 07:04am

Nanak, the inimitable seer of the Punjab, is Guru Dev [a divine Guru] for the Sikhs and Baba [an honourable... Published May 06, 2019 06:46am

Moral corruption has been so rampant for so long in our part of the world that it has now become deeply ingrained in... Published Apr 29, 2019 07:24am

Recent freakish weather was no surprise. It hasn’t been for the first time. Freakish weather occurrences have been... Published Apr 22, 2019 06:59am

Sachal Sarmast as we all know is one of the great poets who is equally popular across Sindh and Punjab. He was a... Published Apr 15, 2019 07:02am

Leftists of all hues who uphold the ideal of a transformed society based on equity and equality resemble a bunch of... Published Apr 01, 2019 07:00am

We have millions of expatriates of Pakistani origins settled all over the world. Millions and millions more are ... Published Mar 25, 2019 06:47am

What was so special about recent Aurat March [Women’s march on the occasion of The International Women’s Day]... Published Mar 18, 2019 06:59am