By Waheed Sabir – There is a popular adage, “Jisne Lahore nahi dekha, woh janma hi nahin” i.e. One who has not seen Lahore, has not even been born. شہِر الہور تری رونقیں دائم آباد تیری گلیوں كی ہوا كھینچ كے الئی مجھ كو (shehr e Lahore teri ronaqaiN daaem aabaad teri galioN ki hawa […]
On October 21, former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, having returned to Pakistan after 4 years of stay abroad in England ( following his conviction in 2018 on corruption charges and 10-year jail sentence by a Pakistani court ), delivered a speech at a huge public rally at Minar-e-Sharif, Lahore.
Former Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan addressed the nation on Wednesday, saying that it might be his last before his arrest. Khan’s speech was aired at a time when his residence in Lahore’s Zaman Park was surrounded by a heavy contingent of Punjab police, which barricaded his house.
Protestors gathered outside the residence of Pakistan’s ambassador in Washington on Tuesday following the arrest of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan in Islamabad.
Sitting in Lahore, the cultural heart of Pakistan, poet and writer Javed Akhtar went straight for the jugular in reminding his host country a thing or two about its egregious failure when it comes to its relations with India.
Pakistan political economist Pervez Tahir has called for revival of trade with India to decrease people’s woes, local media reported. He said the federal cabinet’s size should be cut down in conformity with the requirement of the 18th Amendment. Since the federal development spending is financed by borrowing, it ought to be reduced to zero until the budget is balanced, he said, adding that defence expenditure “has a tail longer than… necessary”.
“I live in India,” says Justice Katju, “and have never been to Lahore, though it is my dream to visit it at least once before I die (I am 77). But I doubt that I will ever get a visa to go to Pakistan.”
Justice Markandey Katju- Justice Markandey Katju is a former Judge, Supreme Court of India, and former Chairman, Press Council of India. The views expressed are his own. Is Pakistan part of Arab culture or Indian culture? I submit it is part of Indian culture, and no amount of ‘Arabisation’ ( like calling the government ‘Madina […]
Mayank Chhaya- By calling India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi “the butcher of Gujarat”, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has effectively shut the door on any meaningful revival of bilateral talks for the foreseeable future. He has also deliberately steered bilateral diplomacy into choppy seas. While at it, he also took an unambiguous shot at […]
Justice Katju: A controversy has arisen in India over the decision of the Madhya Pradesh government of teaching in Hindi in medical colleges in the state. In this article, I will not go into the correctness or otherwise of this decision, but will instead discuss the general issue relating to Hindi, particularly in the light of the strong opposition to it in the state of Tamil Nadu.
Our visits to the bazaars, shopping malls and other public spaces were an opportunity to see and experience Pakistani society beyond the postcard versions. Amrinder Singh and Inderjit Singh, the two handsome turbaned young men in our group, were always the center of attraction for the locals. “Sardarji ik selfie” was the common request wherever […]
Markandey Katju- On 27th June was the 180th death anniversary of one of my heroes Maharaja Ranjit Singh. I am happy to know that the Pakistan government has unveiled a statue in his honor on this occasion in Lahore, which was his capital. In this connection, I had written a blog, which I had […]
