Majid Sheikh
Many a scholar, surprisingly, think that the Sikh era started in 1799 with the arrival of Ranjit Singh of the...
Published 21 Jul, 2024 06:56am
When Imran Bhatti died last week on July 7, 2024, it brought back many a thought to a subject I have researched...
Published 14 Jul, 2024 07:30am
The fame of Lahore over the ages has rested on its people and their intelligence and tolerance. As different belief...
Published 07 Jul, 2024 07:34am
Last week as my dear friend Sheero from the walled city set off on a break to the Neelum Valley, he messaged to know...
Published 30 Jun, 2024 07:34am
We all know about the great Lahore painter Abdur Rahman Chughtai of Kucha Chabakswaran, as also we know about...
Published 23 Jun, 2024 07:22am
Flying from Cambridge to Vienna for just one day might sound crazy, but when you are booked for an elite classical...
Published 16 Jun, 2024 07:03am
The national poet Allama Iqbal quoting a ‘hadith’ told the Italian dictator Mussolini that “when a city ...
Published 09 Jun, 2024 07:31am
In the days of Z.A. Bhutto, when the obscure grave of the great ruler of Slave Dynasty, Qutbuddin Aibak, lay in an...
Published 02 Jun, 2024 06:53am
The common belief about the arrival in Lahore of the Islamic faith is normally tied to Mahmud, the Turko-Afghan...
Published 26 May, 2024 06:42am
In this age of communal religiosity most people cannot comprehend the fact that in Lahore over the last 2,000 plus...
Published 19 May, 2024 07:37am
Everyone, irrespective of our gender, has a secret desire to visit ‘Heera Mandi’. Just two weeks ago an Indian...
Published 12 May, 2024 07:37am
We read and write a lot about the Mughal invader Akbar building the Lahore Fort and the walled city in 1566AD. But...
Published 05 May, 2024 06:55am
The one question repeatedly asked is: “Just when was Lahore founded?” It seems this has invited several ...
Published 28 Apr, 2024 07:30am
With the defeat of the armies of the Lahore Darbar in 1849, the East India Company (EIC) took over in March of that...
Published 21 Apr, 2024 06:57am
Every time I pass by the ‘Lal Khoo’ inside Mochi Gate, the place where Guru Arjan was imprisoned and where ...
Published 14 Apr, 2024 06:42am
Few people in Lahore, especially of old walled city, are revered and adored more than an exceptionally simple...
Published 07 Apr, 2024 06:45am
For the last 144 years an abiding mystery has bugged not only historians, but also the people of Lahore. Even...
Published 01 Apr, 2024 07:03am
Our dear country was created on religious considerations, while across the line drawn by the British was an alleged...
Published 31 Mar, 2024 07:07am
Outside Lahore’s Mori Gate once flowed the River Ravi, which curled around the old walled city heading westwards...
Published 26 Mar, 2024 09:38am
We often wonder just why our city and the land was invariably ruled by foreigners. They stole our wealth, murdered...
Published 10 Mar, 2024 07:24am