Darwaish (This is the first in a series of special posts to celebrate Pakistan Day 2009.) More than 61 years have passed since the death of founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah. But even today, nothing about Jinnah seems ordinary —not his legal career, politics, personal life, his legacy and even the property he […]
Owais Mughal Khudaya dasey tanha na kei souk pe gham kei, laka ze da yaar pe gham kei yum tanha! Na ba ma ghundei shaheed wi pe jahan kei, ne ba ta ghundei dilbar shi bal paida! Lord, do not make anyone lonely in sorrow like I am alone in grief for my beloved! Never […]
Pervaiz Munir Alvi Jandiala Sher Khan is the final resting place of eminent sufi poet Syed Waris Ali Shah. Located about fourteen kilometer northwest of Sheikhupura at the intersection of Sheikhupura-Vanike and Gujranwala-Chuharkana roads, the town is rather an unremarkable place. For about two centuries the author of magnum opus Heer-Ranjha has lied here in […]
