S.A.J. Shirazi The name Jhelum reminds of Alexander from Macedonian who came to the South Asia sometime in 326 BC. He moved from Taxila of Raja Ambhi, whom he subdued without fight, to Kalar Kahar. From there he moved over the Salt Range, turning left, along the western bank of River Jhelum, which he called […]

Owais Mughal This post was last updated with the results of 2017-18 Quaid-e-Azam trophy in which Sui Northern Gas emerged as the new National Champions. The article also contains a brief history of the tournament since 1953 and a trivia of records. Quaid-e-Azam (QEA) Cricket Trophy – Pakistan’s premier first class cricket tournament – concluded in Karachi […]

Raza Rumi An email from a Pakistan based writer friend made me recall Parveen Shakir. The poem, Tomato Ketchup, written most probably in the memory of Sara Shagufta (the modernist Pakistani poet who committed suicide in the footsteps of Sylvia Plath). I am not drawing conclusions or imagining comparisons. My writer-friend is neither suicidal nor […]