Umair Ghani “Mast O Mast Qalandar Teri Haan Mein Teri Haan”, Abida Parveen’s deep drone filled the air as special train to Sehwan crawled into Railway station like a lazy dragon. Motley crowd of devotees, malangs and dervishes hung from compartments, windows and train top. Loud chants “Dam Mast Qalandar”, “Ali Maula“ and “Bolo Lal […]

Owais Mughal Have you ever thought of a situation where a policeman nabs a bad guy red handedly but instead of putting handcuffs he softly utters this verbal warning in very polite Punjabi: nayeen labhday laal gawaache tu matti na pharol jogia and the bad guy replies: gunah ka apne motarif hoon, ye iltija hai […]

Adil Najam Today is August 15. India’s Independence Day. ATP sends all Indians sincere and heartfelt Independence Day greetings and the very best wishes. Here at All Things Pakistan, we have carried a special post on this day every year. Very consciously, the posts we have carried on this day over the last three years […]