Mast Qalandar I must have passed by this place countless times on my way to Abbottabad and back, and was always intrigued by its name. Khota Qabar! Donkey’s grave, that is. Why, I wondered, so much reverence for a dead donkey? Khota Qabar lies on the Karakoram Highway, about 60 miles north of Islamabad and […]
Owais Mughal In the past we’ve had posts of Pakistani print advertisements from 1960s and 1950s. Today we’ll go another decade backwards in our continued travel of Nostalgistan in Pakistan. Few days ago a good friend of mine forwarded me an email which turned out to be a very nostalgic collection of Pakistani print ads […]
Aisha PZ If, like myself, you are parents of children growing up ‘abroad,’ then we probably share a common angst if our children do not or cannot speak our native language. Having grown up outside of Pakistan my entire life, save numerous long summers during early schooling years and then later, almost bi-annual winters during […]
