Ancestry and Birth: The Sikhs were taking over the rule of Kashmir in the early nineteenth century. This was a life-threatening problem for a family who had then recently converted to Islam from their former status of being Kashmiri Pandits, belonging to the Brahmins of…
I once had a chance of working with an NGO for raising awareness about the dengue fever. We worked tirelessly day and night in the streets of old Lahore, which is referred to as the “down town.” A canal demarcates life in Lahore. Northern Lahore…
Lahore is touted as the cultural hub of Punjab and the heart of Pakistan. There is a famous saying here in Pakistan “jinnay Lahore nahi vekhea o jamya nai” which roughly translates into (anyone who hasn’t seen Lahore, hasn’t been born yet) and many believe…
An Article by Aminah Suhail Qureshi While looking at “Homage to the Square” by Josef Albers, I just wondered what he must have been thinking back in 1963 while creating this simplistic yet an intricate piece of art – a square within a square in…
The dawns I witnessed here while living on this piece of land are pellucidly different and distinct from those I have witnessed in the earlier years of my life. Every day’s aurora cannot be unvaried only because it is the first light of just another…
Ahmad Sirhindi is most popularly known as ‘Mujaddid Alf Thani’, the title which accredits him of being the ‘reviver of the second millennium’ as he rejuvenated Islam and showed opposition against the heresies introduced by Jalal-ud-din Akbar. Forsooth, Majid Nizami can aptly be remembered as…
In the April of 1955, Lahore was shaken by an extraordinary event and for a few dizzying days, residents from the City of Gardens converged on the railway station to catch a glimpse of one of Hollywood’s most glamorous pair - Ava Gardner and Stewart…
Actor Om Prakash was born in Koocha Beli Ram inside walled City of Lahore, on 19th January 1919, started his career at All India Radio - Lahore, with his famous character "Fatih Din" which was liked through out the Punjb and people started recognizing him…
Maulana Ghulam Rasool Mehr (13 April 1893 – 16 November 1971) was a journalist, historian, biographer, researcher, translator, poet, scholar of Ghalib and Iqbal and an editor who played a very distinct role in shaping the public opinion during an all-important period of pre-independence. He…
Project Lahore: telling a story pictorially by Ishtiaq Ahmad / DailyTimes. Siddique Shahzad and Qasim Khan's devotion to Lahore testifies to the abiding attraction of the tall Punjabi boast: Jinai Lahore naheen vaikhaya, O jamaye hee nahin I am not sure if any city on…