The shrine that is the Lahore Museum – Ayaz Amir: On Sunday with my son Sheheryar I went to the Lahore Museum after a long time. The word epiphany, or revelation, I find is a bit over-used these days but it was very much like that. I have stood
Two slabs of marble from Lahore – by Waseem Altaf: On December 27, 2013 at 2 PM, my friend Amit’s mobile phone rang in Amritsar. It was somebody wanting to deliver a carton that had just arrived from across the border in Pakistan. Amit already knew what it
شور برپا ہے خانہ دل میں – عمار کاظمی: بچوں اور بیگم کو جمعہ کے روز ایک دو دن کے لیے پنڈی نانا نانی کے پاس جانا تھا۔ ان کا پروگرام دیکھ کر سوچا کہ میں بھی دو ایک دن آوارگی کر لوں گا۔ دوستوں کی طرف جا
A game-changer for the Pakistani public – Murtaza Haider: The Metro bus projects in Lahore and Rawalpindi have been criticised by politicians and the news media. Some question their high capital costs, others question if we needed such transit in the first place, and still others would like
Sinister indicators – Waseem Altaf: Terrorists struck two churches in a Christian locality namely Yuhana-abad in Lahore on Sunday, killing 16 and injuring 75. The 2000 worshipers inside the buildings were saved by private security guards who prevented the Deobandi terrorists from entering
ہم بھیڑ بکریوں پر رحم کرو – عمار کاظمی: غیر مصدقہ اطلاعات کے مطابق پچاس ہزار روپے ماہوار تنخواہ کے عوض پاکستانی جہادی بمعہ اہل و عیال عراق اور شام جا رہے ہیں۔ جو نہیں جا رہے ان کے بارے میں خیال کیا جا رہا ہے کہ وہ
Hazel Kahan: as Lahori as anyone else: Editor’s note: LUBP strongly recommends this moving account by Hazel Kahan. For us, her family and her are as Lahori as anyone else. This account is about a land that is today known as Pakistan and which welcomed everyone