Fiction@ATP: Bakka Gujjer

Posted on August 22, 2008
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Pervaiz Munir Alvi Even though there was nothing remarkable about him, still every body knew Bakka Gujjer. Those were the days when many in our neighborhood kept a milk cow or a buffalo at their homes. Bakka was their sole trusted community cow-hand. At the crack of the dawn he would show up at our […]

Hellenistic and Parthian Gandhara

Posted on August 1, 2008
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Pervaiz Munir Alvi Pakistan is home to the ancient Gandhara Civilization. Its Buddhist character, which this civilization is best known for, was first established in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when colonial British military men and archeologists discovered various ancient religious sites near the city of Taxila in the Potowar region of Pakistan. […]

Discrepancy: So What Is It?

Posted on May 1, 2008
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Pervaiz Munir Alvi Previously at ATP we have talked about ‘Redundancy’ and about ‘Naming Names’ in Pakistan. At those posts lively comments by many of our readers made the original post even more interesting. Once again we are hopeful that our loyal readers will come forward and add to this post with their own interesting […]

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