Owais Mughal
This is the seventh episode in the series of Urdu Press news. The previous six news collection can be read here: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.
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(1) Parveen
This news appears in the daily Nawaiwaqt Lahore, and it talks about how […]

Adil Najam
Most of us are very familiar with the Dawn newspaper masthead which proudly proclaims “Founded by Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah.” This famous photograph of Mr. Jinnah reading an early issue of Dawn has also been seen many many times by most of us. As the oldest major English daily in Pakistan and with a […]

Owais Mughal
I own a copy of Pakistan Railway’s time table published in November of 1959. Besides train timings, it has a section of advertisements which is a great glimpse into our national past. I’ve selected following eight advertisements from this publication. Some of the brands advertised here are still in the market.
For good or bad […]

Adil Najam
This is absolutely hilarious; and in a thoughtful and thought-provoking way.
Even if you are one of those people who never click on these YouTube clips, make this one an exception. It is really worth a listen. Take my word for it.

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‘Hum sab umeed say hain’ is clearly a leader amongst a new breed […]

Adil Najam
The swearing in of Justice Rana Bhagwandas as the Acting Chief Justice (ACJ) of Pakistan is not a ‘historical’ event in and of itself. However, Justice Bhagwandas now has a historical opportunity before him to influence the both the history of the institution he represents (the Judiciary) as well as the history of the […]