Book Reviews on August 1, 2017We compile a list of gripping literary delights about our culture, language and geography and hope you would enjoy reading these as much as we did AND DEATH WALKS WITH THEM – ABOVE EIGHT THOUSAND METRES WITH PAKISTANI PORTERS FROM SHIMSHAL BY CHRISTIANE FLADT The author intends to throw light on the uncelebrated lives of […]
A read through literature! on August 1, 2017AND DEATH WALKS WITH THEM – ABOVE EIGHT THOUSAND METRES WITH PAKISTANI PORTERS FROM SHIMSHAL BY CHRISTIANE FLADT The author intends to throw light on the uncelebrated lives of some of Pakistan’s High Altitude Porters, who help mountaineers climb the Pakistan-based eight-thousand-metre peaks. The author has attempted to delve into their lives by digging out adventure […]
A season of disqualifications on July 24, 2017As the Sharif family struggles to defend itself against charges of money laundering and unexplained wealth, another scandal of sorts has come to light. That too, by the admission of the anti-corruption crusader Imran Khan, Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). In a recent submission before the court, Imran Khan stated that the English counties he […]
Pakistan at 70 on July 23, 2017During an interview with the OHP Lahore team, Ms Hanifa Rana narrated an account of when the news of the creation of Pakistan had been initially reported. She was residing in Lahore at the time. The riots and processions had become worse over the past 3-4 years, and after the news spread about the creation […]
Pakistan at 70 on July 22, 2017Brigadier Saleem Zia was working at the Islamia College on Lahore’s Railway Road as a coordinator at the time of partition. He had established a telephone communication system at the college to enable those affected in a possible riot to seek help. He recalls facing several cases of attempted riots within the college premises during […]
Pakistan at 70 on July 21, 2017Air Marshal Zafar A. Chaudhry was born in 1926. After completing his education, he joined the Royal Indian Air Force. After partition, he served in the Pakistan Air Force where he was the first Chief of the Air Staff from 1972-74. He recalls an encounter with Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah in 1941. Chaudhry was in […]
Pakistan at 70 on July 20, 2017Abdul Jabbar Karim was born on June 12, 1938, in Calcutta. His father, Abdul Razaq, had been a business man alongside serving as the Ordinary Presidency Magistrate. After partition, Karim’sfamily migrated to Dhaka in East Pakistan. Sharing his memories of the partition and its accompanying communal violence, Karim particularly mentions a phrase he attributes to […]
Pakistan at 70 on July 20, 2017Abdul Jabbar Karim was born on June 12, 1938, in Calcutta. His father, Abdul Razaq, had been a business man alongside serving as the Ordinary Presidency Magistrate. After partition, Karim’sfamily migrated to Dhaka in East Pakistan. Sharing his memories of the partition and its accompanying communal violence, Karim particularly mentions a phrase he attributes to […]
Editors note on July 16, 2017Our story “PM Gets Special Report unveiling ‘conspiracy’” (July 14) was based on information gathered by our correspondent. DT strives to inform its readers of the fast changing political developments and in this regard the particular positions of key stakeholders are neither those of the paper nor of its staffers. Our editorial policy remains objective […]
Pakistan at 70 on July 15, 2017When people in Lahore hear the word Shalmi (Shah Alam Bazaar) two things mainly come to their minds most of the times; a bazaar where they could buy anything manufactured in this world, and it used to be a Hindu neighborhood before 1947, the year when it was burnt down and its Hindu residents fled […]