"Jine Lahore Nai Vekhiya O Jamiya Nai" is centuries old punjabi saying about Lahore, the one who never visited lahore, not born yet. How surprising if someone really never visited Lahore and hear alot about it, about it's gardens, monuments from Mughal Period to Sikh…
The Walled City of Lahore, also known as the "Old City", or "Androon Shehr" that was fortified by a city wall during the Mughal era In the Mughal days, the Old City was surrounded by a 9 meter high brick wall and had a rampart…
Punjab National Bank was founded in the year 1895 at Ganpat Rai Road, Lahore with the name of "Lahore National Bank" as an off-shoot of the Swadeshi Movement. Among the founders were Sardar Dayal Singh Majithia, Lala HarKishen Lal, Lala Lalchand, Shri Kali Prosanna Roy,…
A View at Lahore c. 1880s.
Rudyard Kipling (born Dec. 30, 1865, Bombay, India - died Jan. 18, 1936, London, England) was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist chiefly remembered for his celebration of British imperialism, his tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and his tales for children.
18th century woven presentation of Dilkusha Garden, Shahdra #Lahore Bagh-i Dilkusha, a garden laid out by the empress Nur Jahan. Jahangir's tomb was built on the site on orders from Shah Jahan after his father's death in Kashmir in late 1627. The square garden was…
Lahore Railway Station was literally the first purpose-built British imperial building, its foundation stone haying been laid by John Lawrence in 1859, and it cost half a million rupees to build. Lahore Railway Station is representative of typical grand British architecture in the Indo-Pak subcontinent…
Colors of the Spirit - The Ladies stand at the Gadaffi Cricket Stadium - Lahore during Pakistan v India, 2nd Test, October 1978-79 A Photo by Patrick Eager
A group of hippies (British, French and American) wait for a bus in Lahore (1972). Pakistan was an important destination on what was called the ‘Hippie Trail.’ The trail was used by thousands of young European and American backpackers between the late 1960s and 1979.
The Pakistan Times - Founded by Mian Iftakhar ud Din "The Pakistan Times" a Lahore based English news paper. Faiz Ahmad Faiz joined as Editor at the age of 37-years as well as the head of the editorial board of its sister publications, Urdu daily…