Majid Sheikh
Almost ten years ago the Aga Khan Trust for Culture completed the Gali Surjan Singh restoration ‘demonstration’...
Published 03 Oct, 2021 07:09am
Finally the Punjab Chief Minister, Mr. Usman Buzdar, has acted positively on matters that this column has been...
Published 26 Sep, 2021 07:02am
In our history books we read a lot about the ‘grand’ emperors and kings who conquered our city and land, in the...
Published 12 Sep, 2021 07:08am
The sudden collapse of Hyderabad’s historic over 250-year old Pucca Qila’s main entrance last Thursday, should...
Published 05 Sep, 2021 07:23am
Last Tuesday morning a young man, in a fit of misguided rage, attacked and badly damaged the bronze statue of...
Published 22 Aug, 2021 07:02am
On the 14th of August every year we celebrate ‘Independence Day’. While we go crazy with celebratory happiness,...
Published 15 Aug, 2021 05:34am
The other day as I was searching for a charging cable, the shop owner, a Baloch with a BSc in electronic ...
Published 08 Aug, 2021 06:51am
The other day a friend sent an internet message from across that ‘Line of Hate’ that his 90-year old ...
Published 02 Aug, 2021 07:00am
In the old walled city of Lahore there are two buildings that can be classified as the oldest - ancient in a sense....
Published 25 Jul, 2021 07:03am
Nearly every description by British writers of Lahore’s history mentions that when the East India Company took ...
Published 18 Jul, 2021 07:07am
On the 13th of May, 1857, the Indian sepoys of the Mian Mir Cantonment of Lahore were disarmed. The ‘Punjab Mutiny...
Published 11 Jul, 2021 07:07am
Legend has it that the Lahore Fort has been rebuilt seven times, the last being as we see it in its present shape by...
Published 04 Jul, 2021 06:27am
After having dwelt, firstly, on the Samadhis of the three maharanis, and then of Maharajah Ranjit Singh and his...
Published 27 Jun, 2021 06:52am
The one question that our readers ask the most is “just when, exactly when, were the foundations of Lahore ...
Published 20 Jun, 2021 06:06am
The British Queen has a collection of the finest 200 pigeons, and her most prized bird is a ‘Lahore Pigeon’...
Published 06 Jun, 2021 06:30am
People often question the real difference between life in the old walled city and the newer colonies like DHA and...
Published 30 May, 2021 07:34am
In this column last week, we discussed the ‘gurdwaras’ of the first three Sikh maharajahs and how their wives ...
Published 23 May, 2021 06:49am
As you walk towards the Lahore Fort from the Minto Park end, to the right is the citadel and on the left is the...
Published 16 May, 2021 05:44am
One of the major factors that hinders research on our ancient past is the complete lack of texts, or manuscripts. ...
Published 09 May, 2021 07:02am
As we live in an ‘Age of Enforced Piety’, the history of Pakistan taught in our schools starts with the Arab...
Published 02 May, 2021 06:58am
