A stroll down the memory lane- Pindi Saddar
During the Times of the British Raj inmost cantonments, there used to be specific names for various markets. There used to be a market...
Naturally Curious
During the Times of the British Raj inmost cantonments, there used to be specific names for various markets. There used to be a market...
پنڈی صدر میں, آدمجی روڈ پر، اگر آپ کشمیر روڈ کو کراس کرنے کے بعد، ہاتھی چوک کی طرف جائیں تو سڑک میں ایک داہنے طرف کا موڑ سا آتا ہے۔ اسی...
The School Hobby Centre Ah! The Sir Syed School Hobby centre! Its discussion would not be complete without describing the teacher who ran...
سن اسی کے جنوری میں چلیئے۔ ہم نویں جماعت میں پڑھتے تھے۔ جماعت کا کمرہ، کالج کے لائبریری بلاک کے سامنے والا۔ نویں جماعت کے سیکشنز ایک قطار...
چھٹی جماعت میں، پاکستان کے مذہبی اور تاریخی ورثے کے تناظر میں، طلبا کو عربی یا فارسی میں سے ایک زبان بطور اختیاری مضمون کے چننا تھی۔...
سن پچھتر میں، ہمارا سکول سی بی سرسید سکول کہلایا کرتا تھا۔ سی بی، یعنی کینٹونمنٹ بورڈ۔ پھر ایک روز صبح سکول پہنچے تو علم ہوتا کہ ہم سب سی...
Sad news. My class fellow, Ashfaq Ahmed has died of a heart attack in Lahore. He was 54. His father owned a tea estate in East Pakistan....
The ever smiling Rafi saheb. Once a collection of his sad songs was compiled by a recording company. They needed a photograph of the...
I have watched the trailer of the Indian movie, ‘Gold’ – a story of India winning gold at the1948 London Olympics. This was the first...
An Excessively Rare and Impressive C.B.E., Crossing of the Irrawaddy D.S.O. and Sibong Operations Bar, Waziristan Operations M.C. Group...
Some of my classfellows from class X. This picture, with our teacher Mr. Mohabbat Khan Niazi was taken in 2015. Aqeel Hafeez Khawaja,...
A game called Ring! During my school life, because of my father's Army career, I had to change many schools. As luck would have it, my...
The morning was bright and sunny. A cool breeze was blowing which gave a fresh feel to the late spring. If you paid any attention and had...
Yes. It's him. Old and frail. He's lost his front teeth. And looked tired. He lives in the same dingy little house that I visited back in...
I have often wondered as to what is it in someone which makes people respect them? I mean respect that is bordering on reverence. People...
June 16 2019 I woke up in the morning alright. Just. For us to reach the stadium on time, we had to start early. On any given day, it is...
England Vs Pakistan World Cup 2019 3rd June 2019 We Pakistanis do not like to take the easy route. And we do not make it easy for those...
Pakistan Vs South Africa 23rd June 2019 Lord’s Cricket Ground, North London Best bit, after the match win, of course, was the lively...
In praise of the skipper Misbah as a skipper provides the stability and calm that is so desperately in short supply in Pakistan cricket....