Majid Sheikh
Every time I walk out of Mori Darwaza, I look to the right at the open ground and imagine the place where over 1,000...
Published 17 May, 2020 04:53am
The engravings that decorate the mosques of Wazir Khan, as those of Begum Mariam Zamani, inside Lahore’s old ...
Published 03 May, 2020 07:06am
How many of you know where Pakistan’s oldest and finest botanical garden with 6,000 herbarium varieties exists. ...
Published 26 Apr, 2020 06:03am
If you ever visit Delhi Gate and plan to visit the Shahi Hammam and the mosque of Wazir Khan, both beautiful...
Published 12 Apr, 2020 07:05am
Sitting to the west of the River Ravi in Shahdara is the much pillaged tomb of the Mughal emperor Jahangir. Today in...
Published 29 Mar, 2020 06:45am
Every time I pass by the exquisite mosque of Mariam Zamani opposite the Lahore Fort outside Masti Gate, originally...
Published 22 Mar, 2020 06:47am
In my university days it was routine for me and a friend to visit the Lahore Museum every working day. Invariably we...
Published 15 Mar, 2020 06:54am
As I set off researching the Zuljanah procession of old Lahore that ends at Karbala Gamay Shah outside Bhati Gate,...
Published 08 Mar, 2020 07:09am
During Ranjit Singh’s reign in Lahore (1799-1839), a small boy used to run about the court inside the Lahore Fort....
Published 01 Mar, 2020 07:04am
We all know of the two tombs on both sides of the main entrance of the Badshahi Mosque facing the main entrance of...
Published 16 Feb, 2020 07:09am
It is strange how all over the world casualties during public celebrations is an accepted fact of life, not that one...
Published 15 Feb, 2020 07:03am
Before Pakistan came into being, a great politician helped ensure that Punjab was educationally advanced, ...
Published 09 Feb, 2020 07:31am
For those interested in the history of Lahore, the very name ‘Gowalmandi’ conjures up mouth-watering images. It...
Published 02 Feb, 2020 07:06am
Of recent while researching trading trends in Lahore during the Mughal era, it came as a surprise that in the days ...
Published 26 Jan, 2020 07:02am
My efforts to locate the very first Christian church built in Lahore finally bore fruit. My hunch, backed by local...
Published 19 Jan, 2020 07:01am
Every time you hear the name of Lahore’s Bhati Gate, the first name that comes to mind is the Fakir Khana Museum,...
Published 12 Jan, 2020 06:59am
As we have been discussing the role of Kartarpur in the life of Guru Nanak, we must never forget the stellar role...
Published 05 Jan, 2020 07:06am
It was Rudyard Kipling’s novel ‘Kim’ that got me thinking that in our youth there was a collection of 12...
Published 29 Dec, 2019 07:16am
The most fascinating aspect of the evolution of the origins of our social beliefs is the way it has evolved over the...
Published 22 Dec, 2019 07:15am
It is amazing how the world of archaeology opens up worlds that can easily be linked to life as we live it today. In...
Published 16 Dec, 2019 07:15am
