By Raza Rumi Lahore’s Lawrence Gardens, baptised the Bagh-i-Jinnah in the post-independence era, represent the quintessential Raj ethos. Built primarily for the sahibs and memsahibs, the park has managed to maintain its dream-like beauty for a century and a half. The colonial maps drawn up in the mid-nineteenth century show that eastward of Charing Cross, […]
By S A J Shirazi The twin villages Ucchali and Dhadhar are the place to be for those who seek happiness in being close to the raw nature and to find the most alluring and fascinating places off the beaten track. To travel as a person interested in nature (as if there were other ways […]
By S A J Shirazi About 25 kilometres south of Balochistan coast, Astola–the largest island in Pakistan–is six kilometres in length and administratively comes under Pasni subdivision of Gwadar district. Flying over Astola Island my first sight of the Island and the speed boat anchored in a bay far below quite took my breath. Pointing […]
