Guest Post by Pervaiz Munir Alvi The way a society names its cities and places says a lot about its cultural history and social values. Pakistan is no exception to this either. The cultural history of Pakistan could be traced from its naming practice. The names of its ancient cities like Peshawar, Lahore and Multan […]

Adil Najam Speaking at inaugural ceremony of the Bagh Ibne Qasim in Karachi, General Musharraf announced that one of the tallest buildings in the world is planned to be built in Karachi. How tall, you ask? Well, the word from the top is all of 1947 feet. One assumes that this number is no coincidence. […]

By Darwaish Many of the readers guessed the photo in last ATP Quiz right. The photo is indeed of the Sheikh Zayed Islamic Centre (SZIC), Lahore. I spent two wonderful years at Institute of Business Administration, Punjab Univeristy (SZIC is just behind IBA) but never noticed this beautiful campus. I guess there are so many […]