Hazara genocide on November 21, 2017On Monday Morning October 09, 2017, two unidentified motor cyclists opened fire on the van that transported Hazara vegetable vendors to the market near Allah Dana Street on Kasi Road Quetta, killing five people, three of whom were of the Hazara community. This is not the first time that people of the Hazara community have […]
Historic Karachi — II on November 15, 2017Sindh Club, Karachi: Established in 1871, the magnificent building of the Sindh Club, one of the oldest clubs in Pakistan, and once known as the heart of British colonial society was constructed according to Victorian architecture patterns. To select the best design for the club a competition of architects was held and the design made […]
Historic Karachi — I on November 10, 2017Recently, the World Monument Fund (WMF), a New York based non-profit organisation dedicated to saving world’s treasured places which since after its creation in 1996 has listed 814 sites facing daunting threats or compelling opportunities for protection, conservation, and engagement in 90 countries, included Karachi in the list of 25 sites constituting the World Monument […]
The Raving ‘Masoom Shah Jo Minaro’ on November 2, 2017Masoom Shah, was a 16th-century Sindhi Muslim historian, physician, poet and pharmacist and is better known for writing two manuscripts on the history of Sindh, called “Tarikh-i-Sindh” and “Tarikh-i-Masoomi.” In 1598, Mughal Emperor Akbar, appointed him as the governor of Sindh and Sibi and the Nawab of Sukkur where he constructed a minaret now called the Minaret […]
Child marriage: a colossal challenge on October 26, 2017On October 11, which has been designated ‘International Day of the Girl’, I was E-Mailed by Human Rights Watch (HRW)to tell Florida lawmakers through E-Mail to support the bill introduced in Florida’s state legislature to end child marriage in the state. I got immensely shocked and astonished after I found out that in Florida, children […]
Deteriorating architectural and archaeological sites in Sindh on October 21, 2017Sindh harbours enormous monumental, classical and historical buildings, tombs of Sufi saints, forts, mosques and imperial palaces that have splendid and impressive architectural exquisiteness and attractiveness. Most of these beautiful architectural structures were constructed during the period of the Mughal Empire in India. During the Mughal Empire, Sindh had been ruled by the Kalhora and […]
Fast growing trend of drug abuse on October 14, 2017On October 04, 2017, in a seminar titled “Drug abuse-a growing problem for youth and measures”, organized by Karachi University (KU), Brigadier Noor-ul-Hassan, commander of the Anti-Narcotics Force Sindh, highlighted disastrous effects of drug use on people all over the world. He shared the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime 2016 report that only […]
All you need to know about Shikarpurs pickle on October 1, 2017The concept of pickling originated after man felt need to preserve food for a long time. Four hundred years back, it was India, which started to prepare pickle, and today it has become an essential item for the meal in almost every house. Amidst a wide variety of pickles present in South Asia, the mouth-watering […]
Sadh Belo Temple the most frequented religious site on September 18, 2017Baba Bankhandi Mahraj, birth name Balchand Sharma, better known as Sadh Belo, the sage of jungle, had migrated either from Kero Khetar near Dehli or Nepal in 1823 and chosen Menak Parbat, a natural island spread over nine acres in the Indus River situated at Sukkur, Sindh as his place of worship. He had come […]
Myanmar risking pariah state status on September 13, 2017Recent satellite imagery recorded at the end of last month paints a terrifying picture. Seven hundred buildings burned in just one village. We now know that this happened in Rakhine State, Myanmar. We also know that the name of the village is Chein Khar Li in Rathedaung Township. And that this was one of 17 […]