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

Many years ago the Prague-based International Romani Union, a Unicef-registered Category-2 organisation with the... Published Mar 10, 2019 07:02am

Most people think that the Hindu Shahi rulers of Lahore, whom the invader Mahmud from Ghazni defeated, as being the... Published Mar 03, 2019 07:16am

The amazing number of ‘miracle men’ that have lived in and around Lahore over the ages is absolutely stunning.... Published Feb 26, 2019 07:13am

Very few of our readers would be aware of one of the most fateful ‘walks’ inside the old walled city of Lahore... Published Feb 17, 2019 07:37am

Most of us moving from the eastern to the western part of present-day Lahore, pass over and along the Lahore Canal.... Published Feb 10, 2019 07:18am

Over the years this column has been advocating increased archaeological digs around Lahore, mostly inside the walled... Published Feb 03, 2019 07:02am

Very few would have heard of Didi. After all who any longer cares, or remembers, the millions of victims that the... Published Jan 27, 2019 07:00am

Passing the roundabout near Shadman Colony, one is reminded of the struggle by citizens to rename it Chowk Bhagat Singh. Updated Jan 20, 2019 09:26am

When the Punjab government announced the holding of Basant in 2019, there was widespread happiness among those who... Published Jan 06, 2019 06:32am

IN a rare honour on New Year’s day, the famous BBC Radio Four programme ‘Great Lives’ featured the story of ... Published Jan 03, 2019 06:49am

As I recollect that story, my mind goes back to the fact that it was the last time I saw Z.A. Bhutto alive. Updated Dec 30, 2018 10:49am

Every time I pass by Chowk Mahal my gaze invariably falls on the grave of Mahmud’s favourite slave, Malik Ayaz. He... Published Dec 23, 2018 06:21am

We place bans of the festival of colour, of kites painting up the sky, of music and of good seasonal food. Updated Dec 19, 2018 10:34am

Many moons ago these columns carried a piece about the tomb of Prince Pervez, the brother whom Mughal emperor Shah... Published Dec 16, 2018 07:00am