Majid Sheikh
One of the drawbacks of regular columnists, even distinguished writers, is that they tend to miss the obvious. As ...
Published 13 Aug, 2023 06:49am
If one told you that it was quite common for slave girls to be auctioned in Lahore by the invading rulers, ...
Published 06 Aug, 2023 06:59am
The saying that “you can get a person out of Lahore, but never Lahore out of a person”. Given my recent...
Published 23 Jul, 2023 05:25am
It was interesting to see in our national newspapers that Buddhist priests were visiting their holy sites. They were...
Published 16 Jul, 2023 06:58am
It was a surprise to learn, thanks to my cousin Saulat Saeed, that the house where we lived in Lover’s Lane on...
Published 02 Jul, 2023 07:00am
There are known patterns of large cities collapsing, or expanding beyond control. Karachi is known as the ...
Published 25 Jun, 2023 05:14am
That Lahore has been ransacked and destroyed seven times, probably the most vicious was the invasion in 1398 by...
Published 11 Jun, 2023 07:05am
In the 28 years starting from 1971, a total of 16 Indian aircrafts were hijacked, with most happening to land in...
Published 04 Jun, 2023 07:28am
Ever since this column was launched almost 20 years ago, thanks to the late Zafar Iqbal Mirza, the then Editor (of...
Published 28 May, 2023 07:01am
As the ancient walled city, as well as the old city, of Lahore expanded, it was influenced by developments outside....
Published 14 May, 2023 06:57am
Just over 50 years ago when my oldest childhood friend Asad and I hitchhiked from Lahore to London and back on a...
Published 07 May, 2023 07:09am
Once Punjab was captured completely by the East India Company forces on March 29, 1849, thanks mainly to betrayals ...
Published 30 Apr, 2023 07:03am
Ever since I mentioned in these columns that the pre-Akbar era can be classified as ‘ancient’ Lahore, and the...
Published 22 Apr, 2023 07:12am
It has happened three times in the last four years. Every time the ‘authorities’ claim a scientific conservation...
Published 16 Apr, 2023 07:09am
Last week we dwelt on defining the origins of Lahore, on what is classified as the perimeters of ‘ancient’ ...
Published 09 Apr, 2023 07:00am
Just how did Lahore’s walled city unfold over time? To understand this we need to look at just where did the...
Published 02 Apr, 2023 07:21am
In the Samadhi of Maharajah Ranjit Singh next to the Lahore Fort are the ashes of the great Punjabi maharajah, his...
Published 27 Mar, 2023 07:04am
Exactly 50 years ago two Lahore GC students after their BA examinations decided to hitch-hike to Europe to see the...
Published 19 Mar, 2023 07:15am
That Lahore was once known as the city of colleges, gardens and learning, which in no small measure was because of...
Updated 13 Mar, 2023 08:21am
Our readers often ask just ‘which is the oldest inhabited place in the ancient city of Lahore?’ The answer is...
Published 01 Mar, 2023 07:03am
