Allama Ala-ud-din Siddiqui, was a freedom fighter, religious scholar, and educationalist who took an active part in the creation of Pakistan. He served as General Secretary of Punjab Muslim League in 1946-1947. He established the Department of Islamic Studies and Punjabi at Punjab University Lahore,…
Maharajah Ranjit Singh (born November 13, 1780, Gujranwala —died June 27, 1839, Lahore), founder and maharaja (1801–39) of the Sikh kingdom of the Punjab., was the founder of the Sikh Empire, which came to power in the Indian subcontinent in the early half of the…
VIEW : Kamini Kaushal: Lahore is home — Ishtiaq Ahmed In spite of her 85 years, Kamini Kaushal was exceptionally eloquent as she shared her phenomenal down-the-memory-lane fund of stories about Lahore As I continue probing the Lahore-Bombay film industry linkage, the pre-partition Lahore legend…
Abdur Rashid Kardar (b:1904–d:1989), aka A.R. Kardar, was an actor and film director/film producer. He is credited as establishing the film industry in the Bhati Gate locality of Lahore. He was an arts scholar and a calligraphist working for foreign film companies, but after the…
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…
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…
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…