The Pakistan Times Lahore

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…

By Qasim Khan

Central Model School

Govt Central Model School, Lower Mall, Lahore A prestigious institute known for it’s golden traditions and unique qualities was established in 1883 as middle school in the building of Anarkali Girls High School, opposite Senate Hall of Punjab University. This middle school was upgraded to…

By Faizan Khan

Sahir & Amrita - A Romance In Lahore

Sahir Ludhianvi’s real life story sounds like a movie script itself. Amrita met Sahir sometime around 1944 in Preet Nagar, a village between Lahore and Amritsar. She was at this time married to Pritam Singh, who was an editor, but theirs was not the best…

By Qasim Khan

Telegraph Office, The Mall - Lahore

Telegraph Office, The Mall - Lahore Central Telegraph Office building was built in 1882 separately from that of the General Post Office on the site of its present Central Telephone & Telegraph Office opposite the present day GPO.

By Qasim Khan

A Hameed

Abdul Hameed also known as A. Hameed, a popular Urdu fiction writer from Lahore, Pakistan, who wrote over two hundred books, was born in Amritsar circa 1928 but gained his adulthood in Lahore. He did not distinguish one city from the other. He loved both.

By Qasim Khan

Funeral Procession Of Sir Allama Muhammad Iqbal

Iqbal was a poet who inspired Muslims with the spirit and determination to restore to Islam its former glory and although he is no more with us, his memory will grow younger and younger with the progress and development of Muslim India. His works should…

By Qasim Khan

Martial Law At Lahore, Amritsar, Kasur C. 1919

During the Jalianwala Bagh incident at Amrtisar an uprising started from Lahore, Gujranawala and Kasur - A Martial Law was imposed in these cities - These photographs showing Sepoy flogging, the gallows at Kasur

By Qasim Khan

Martial Law At Lahore, Amritsar, Kasur C. 1919

During the Jalianwala Bagh incident at Amrtisar an uprising started from Lahore, Gujranawala and Kasur - A Martial Law was imposed in these cities - These photographs showing Sepoy flogging, the gallows at Kasur

By Qasim Khan

Lahore Culture & Heritage On Canvas

Dr. Ajaz Anwar is a distinguished painter of Pakistan. He was a teacher at National College of Arts Lahore. His watercolor paintings show the grandeur of the old buildings and the cultural life in Lahore. Project Lahore team is grateful of being allowed to present…

By Qasim Khan

Government College University

Although the establishment of a Central College at Lahore was sanctioned in 1856 with the condition that the teachers should be graduates of Oxford, Cambridge, Dublin or Durham, it was not until January 1, 1864 that the college opened its doors in the palace (haveli)…

By Faizan Khan