March 23, 1940: Lahore (Pakistan) Resolution

Posted on March 22, 2007
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Adil Najam Other posts in this series for March 23, 2007 – here and here. March 23 commemorates the passage of what was originally the ‘Lahore Resolution’ (Qarardad i Lahore) and later became better known as the ‘Pakistan Resolution’ (Qarardad i Pakistan). If there is a single most important founding document of Pakistan, it has […]

Attitude Tourism in Lasbela, Balochistan

Posted on March 21, 2007
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S.A.J. Shirazi Has anyone done attitude tourism? I have. That was in Lasbela — an ancient tract surrounded by hills above the Arabian Sea. Before me Alexander from Macedonia was there; Young Muslim Generals Muhammad Bin Qasim and Muhammad Bin Haroon were there; and lately British bureaucrat Sir Robert Sandeman was there. Attitude tourism – […]

Bodhi Tree in Islamabad

Posted on March 19, 2007
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Guest Post by Mast Qalandar In my last two posts on Islamabad (here and here) I talked about the woods and the forest trails that I love so much and take to them whenever I can. In those woods, at the foot of the Margallas, until a few years ago, there was a very large […]

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