The best way to study a city and its people is to walk on a predetermined route. So it was that last Friday I set ... Published Jul 14, 2019 06:54am

Many wonder just what made the Mughal emperor Akbar decide to shift his capital to Lahore. What were the... Published Jul 07, 2019 07:23am

A recent Nottingham University, UK, research on the DNA of a camel skeleton found in Spain during an archaeological... Published Jun 30, 2019 07:38am

In Lahore’s walled city there is a very special ‘haveli’ associated with our history, with extreme treachery,... Published Jun 23, 2019 06:59am

In these columns I have written considerably about the old walled city of Lahore, but not enough about the... Published Jun 17, 2019 06:51am

One of Lahore’s finest and most-loved police officers, DIG Lonsdale Niblett, passed away in Springfield, Virginia,... Published Jun 15, 2019 07:08am

There is an old saying that you can get a Lahori out of Lahore but never Lahore out of a Lahori. That proved true... Published Jun 09, 2019 07:21am

Many moons ago as a teenage newspaper reporter, my editor in desperation, given complaints of embarrassing stories,... Published Jun 02, 2019 07:15am

One of the great myths about the Lahore Fort was, and will always remain, is that it has secret tunnels built for ... Published May 26, 2019 06:13am

Lahore without doubt was, before 1947, the most important cultural centre of the sub-continent’s vast north. ... Published May 19, 2019 07:18am

If you walk up Tehsil Bazaar as one turns from Bazaar Hakeeman, towards the end on the left is a Jain Manzil. This... Published May 13, 2019 07:04am

The Cambridge proposal points out that population clusters need to be studied and mobility planned accordingly. Updated May 07, 2019 11:21am

One of the most delightful studies focussing on the architecture of traditional houses in the walled city of Lahore... Published May 05, 2019 06:48am

Many words that we use in our normal conversation we use without thinking what they really mean. I remember once... Published Apr 28, 2019 07:15am

The romantic image of the old walled city of Lahore takes a massive dent once we stray from the main tourist routes.... Published Apr 21, 2019 07:09am

As one researches the history of Lahore, strange characters keep popping out from the shadows. My interest this last... Published Apr 14, 2019 07:07am

One of the most intriguing puzzles in old Lahore is the grave of ‘Nau Gaza’, the alleged nine-yard tall man. In... Published Apr 07, 2019 07:55am

Once that line of hate was drawn across the subcontinent in August 1947, it seems praising our finest depends more ... Published Apr 02, 2019 07:09am

Over 40 years ago as a GC student I set off with a friend on a six-month hitchhike to London and back. In those days... Published Mar 24, 2019 07:08am

“Thus spake Zarathustra”, my late father would often declare at the dinner table. We looked at one another and... Published Mar 17, 2019 06:56am