Majid Sheikh

Harking back: A broad picture of a cluttered and choked Lahore

The national poet Allama Iqbal quoting a ‘hadith’ told the Italian dictator Mussolini that “when a city ... Published 09 Jun, 2024 07:31am

Harking back: Massive graveyard that Aibak envisaged

In the days of Z.A. Bhutto, when the obscure grave of the great ruler of Slave Dynasty, Qutbuddin Aibak, lay in an... Published 02 Jun, 2024 06:53am

Harking back: Pioneering Muslims before Data Sahib came to Lahore

The common belief about the arrival in Lahore of the Islamic faith is normally tied to Mahmud, the Turko-Afghan... Published 26 May, 2024 06:42am

Harking back: Peaceful Lahore of Buddhist days and our behaviour

In this age of communal religiosity most people cannot comprehend the fact that in Lahore over the last 2,000 plus... Published 19 May, 2024 07:37am

Harking back: ‘Pholanwali Gali’ to Diamond Market–reality of Taxali

Everyone, irrespective of our gender, has a secret desire to visit ‘Heera Mandi’. Just two weeks ago an Indian... Published 12 May, 2024 07:37am

Harking back: Ancient Lahore is what Mubarak Shah put in place

We read and write a lot about the Mughal invader Akbar building the Lahore Fort and the walled city in 1566AD. But... Published 05 May, 2024 06:55am

Harking back: Weather mostly is what makes us and our civilisation

The one question repeatedly asked is: “Just when was Lahore founded?” It seems this has invited several ... Published 28 Apr, 2024 07:30am

Harking Back: First English-language school to the missing ‘Qaida’

With the defeat of the armies of the Lahore Darbar in 1849, the East India Company (EIC) took over in March of that... Published 21 Apr, 2024 06:57am

Harking back: ‘Jogi’ hakeem who loved Gobind and challenged mullahs

Every time I pass by the ‘Lal Khoo’ inside Mochi Gate, the place where Guru Arjan was imprisoned and where ... Published 14 Apr, 2024 06:42am

Harking back: ‘Malang’ scholar who made dictator and tyrant relent

Few people in Lahore, especially of old walled city, are revered and adored more than an exceptionally simple... Published 07 Apr, 2024 06:45am

Harking back: The mysterious collapse of the Hazuri Bagh Gate

For the last 144 years an abiding mystery has bugged not only historians, but also the people of Lahore. Even... Published 01 Apr, 2024 07:03am

Harking back: Will Bradlaugh Hall become Partition Museum?

Our dear country was created on religious considerations, while across the line drawn by the British was an alleged... Published 31 Mar, 2024 07:07am

Harking back: Mori Gate and our long-forgotten heroes of old

Outside Lahore’s Mori Gate once flowed the River Ravi, which curled around the old walled city heading westwards... Published 26 Mar, 2024 09:38am

Harking back: Untold terror that Babur unleashed on Lahore’s old city

We often wonder just why our city and the land was invariably ruled by foreigners. They stole our wealth, murdered... Published 10 Mar, 2024 07:24am

harking back: Brutality of Timur the Lame that Lahore had to face

As one learns about the unimaginable scale of murders, especially of children, in occupied Palestine by European... Published 05 Mar, 2024 07:09am

Harking back: Magnificent maharaja and his ‘thug’ connection

In the thousand-year history of the Punjab, few rulers have been able to match the ability and guile, let alone the... Published 18 Feb, 2024 07:19am

Harking back: Behind famous monuments are the starving poor

We all praise Akbar and Shah Jehan for building the walls of Lahore, and the Lahore Fort and the Shalimar Gardens, ... Published 11 Feb, 2024 07:48am

harking back: Food traces in pottery connect us to the ancient world

The 1958, Lahore Fort archaeological survey revealed a host of evidence in the shape of pottery dated at 4,500 years... Published 04 Feb, 2024 07:09am

Harking back: Lahore’s major historical hospitals need protection

On 29th of March 1849, the throne of Lahore was captured by the East India Company soldiers. As the fighting ended... Published 28 Jan, 2024 07:17am

Harking back: Legacy of our elders in our collective lives

Many moons ago as I descended my hotel lift in Wiesbaden in Germany, an impressive person was also going down. Being... Published 21 Jan, 2024 07:21am