Adil Najam

We come from a land of some amazing folk anthems. But none, at least for me, has the all-encompassing trance-enducing effect that Ho Jamallo has.

Uneeb Walayat

The Pakistani rupee is the official currency of Pakistan. The issuance of the currency is controlled by the State Bank of Pakistan, the central bank. The most commonly used symbol for the rupee is Rs, it is used in receipts when purchasing goods and services. Under the ISO 4217 code for the Pakistani rupee the code is PKR. In Pakistan, the Pakistani rupee is referred to as the “rupees”, “rupaya” or “rupaye”.

The Pakistani rupee is no longer subdivided into 100 paisa, due to the Sate Bank has stopped minting it. Pakistani rupees start from 1 rupee and goes up to 5000 rupees.

History:

The origin of the word “rupee” is found in the Sanskrit word rup or rupa, which means “silver” in many Indo-Aryan languages. The Sanskrit word rupyakam means coin of silver. The derivative word Rupaya was used to denote the coin introduced by Sher Shah Suri.

Owais Mughal

This is not the story of a famous person. This is the story of a common man named Shakoor. I believe the stories of common people are worth sharing and you never know what inspiration you may get out of them.

Work related travel took me to Vancouver recently. The first thing I did after coming out of airport was to drive to my favorite Pakistani restaurant in the city. They make the best ‘nihari’ (a kind of beef curry) in town. The receptionist at the restaurant was no other than the central character of our story today, Shakoor saheb. He seated me and then without taking order from me shouted towards the kitchen ‘ek nihari, do naan’ (one plate curry and two pieces of flat bread). After a second or so he shouted again “And also a cup of tea”. This made me laugh and we shook hands. Shakoor saheb apparently remembered me from my last trip in August. Shakoor saheb was not busy and so we started chatting.