Manto Ka Muqaddama: Obscenity Trial-1

Posted on September 29, 2009
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Aziz Akhmad Occasionally, we go back to the books and stories that we had first read years ago, in school or college. It can be fun – sometimes more than when we first read them. When we re-read a book, we are not bothered about finding who does what to whom – we already know […]

Karachi to Kotri: The First Railways in Pakistan

Posted on September 17, 2009
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Owais Mughal The first railway line was laid in the in the areas that now comprise Pakistan in the year 1858 in Karachi. Following is the story of this historical event as well as the construction of first railway section of Pakistan which was opened between Karachi City and Kotri in 1861. Following photo is […]

St Stephen’s, Banta and Zia-ul-Haq

Posted on September 15, 2009
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Soumya Saxena Whenever I have heard the name of Zia-ul-Haq, it was always followed by criticism; whether it was from Indians or Pakistanis I interact with. Let us take a break from it and explore the other side of him which might be unknown to many and about which I came to know from my […]

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