Pictures of the Day: Aazadi Mubarak!

Posted on August 12, 2006
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Adil Najam What an amazingly poignant and powerful advertisement. And how timely. Published in Dawn (11 August, 2006) as a full page ad for the radio station City FM 89 it highlights what I believe to be one of Mr. Jinnah’s most evocative and inspiring speeches. Certainly one that is most relevant to Pakistan’s present […]

Lahore, Lahore aye

Posted on August 8, 2006
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By Raza Noor Lahore is the second largest city in Pakistan with a population of roughly 8.5 million. The traditional capital of Punjab for a thousand years, it had been the cultural center of Northern India extending from Peshawar to New Delhi. This preeminent position it holds in Pakistan as well. The people of Lahore, […]

Guest Post: Decaying heritage

Posted on August 7, 2006
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By S A J Shirazi An old sleepy and dusty village Satghara lies about 20 minutes drive away from Okara in the quiet backwaters of Punjab. The coins found at Satghara prove that the place was inhabited at the time of Kushan dynasty. On the Southern bank of River Ravi, it is a typical Pakistani […]

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