A visit to the shrine of Sultan Bahu in Jhang on August 1, 2017Love, mysticism and impetus to knowledge are the ingredients Jhang is made of. Here Ranjha and Heer mark the axis of love, Abdus Salam exemplifies the passion for learning and Sultan Bahu is the dominant symbol of actualisation of divine truth. I had an old desire to visit the shrine of this Sufi poet of […]
The Jhang of Abdus Salam on July 28, 2017Tucked away in a quiet narrow street of Mohalla Chain Pura inside the Bab-e-Muhammad neighbourhood of Jhang in Southern Punjab, a small 400 square feet house is designated as a national monument. This is the family home of Dr Abdus Salam, who was the first Nobel Laureate from Pakistan in theoretical physics, where he was […]
The Jhang of Abdus Salam on July 28, 2017Tucked away in a quiet narrow street of Mohalla Chain Pura inside the Bab-e-Muhammad neighbourhood of Jhang in Southern Punjab, a small 400 square feet house is designated as a national monument. This is the family home of Dr Abdus Salam, who was the first Nobel Laureate from Pakistan in theoretical physics, where he was […]