Fatima Jinnah was a Pakistani dental surgeon, biographer, stateswoman and one of the leading founders of Pakistan. After obtaining a dental degree from University of Calcutta, she became a close associate and an adviser to her older brother Muhammad Ali Jinnah who later became the…
Apart from the walled city and some Mughal buildings that existed earlier, the rest of the city was built in terms of what he designed. He designed the Chiefs College (Aitchison College), Lahore Museum, the Mayo School of Arts (National College of Arts), Punjab University…
Dildar Pervaiz Bhatti ( 30 November 1948 – 30 October 1994) was a leading TV, Radio Punjabi compere and announcer, and a teacher by profession with a Master's in English literature. He became lecturer of English literature at MAO College Lahore, later growing very famous both…
Khurshid Anwar, was born on March 21, 1912, was a filmmaker, writer, director and music composer who gained extreme popularity both in India and Pakistan. He is widely credited as being one of the most original and inventive music directors of his generation. His father,…
by Parkash Tandon FOR the first generation of professional men in the Punjab it had been the natural thing after retirement to go back to the place they came from, and spend their last years as respected elder, village or small town society. But father’s…
Ustad Amanat Ali Khan (1922– 18 September 1974) was a Pakistani classical and ghazal singer, from the Patiala gharana. He was honoured with the 'Pride of Performance' award by the government of Pakistan. He was a son of Akhtar Husain Khan and the grandson of…
Asian Lawn Tennis Championships held in Lahore in 1958 in which players from the various countries participated which included Jamshed Akbar, Munir Pirzada, Khwaja Iftekhar, Mrs.Taqi Butt, Parveen Naseer Ahmed, Laila Sheikh, Kovaleski, 10th and 11th from right Ampon and Deyro from Phillipines, 8th from left…
Lala Harkishan Lal (13 April 1864 - 13 Febraury 1937), one of the early entrepreneurs of Lahore - One of the founders of Punjab National Bank in 1884, and Lahore Electric Supply Company, Harkishan Lal’s financial empire grew to include banks, insurance companies, real estate and…
Which Lahorite will not remember a light-green coloured Chevrolet truck (Green Circled in Photo taken by Mr. Shahid Zaidi in 1959) parked at one or two well chosen spots on the Mall selling Zam Zam cola and A Vimto Soda under a Rupee. One was at…
Tamancha Jan was born in 1918 as 'Gulzar' to a family of hereditary courtesans. Gulzar acquired the name 'Tamancha Jan' at a time when popular Indian cinema was infatuated with the idea of assertive, strong and bold women. Jagga jammiya tay milan wadahiyyan was one…