"Final stage has arrived," says PTI leader Fawad Chaudhary in anticipation of the day the former prime minister and PTI chief Imran Khan will order his supporter to gather in Rawalpindi.
In a tweet, Chaudhary wrote, "The final stage has arrived. Be prepared. Imran Khan will give a call today to reach Rawalpindi." He added that when approaching Rawalpindi through Grant Trunk Road, which is located at a distance of 23.8 km, he said that PTI leaders Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Asad Umar, who are heading different will meet near Rawat, The Express Tribune reported.
Pakistan's ousted prime minister Imran Khan disbanded a protest march by supporters on Thursday after clashes with police outside parliament the previous evening, but he warned that they would return…
Pakistan's ousted prime minister Imran Khan disbanded a protest march by supporters on Thursday after clashes with police outside parliament the previous evening,
A Journey on the Grand Trunk Road
A Journey on the Grand Trunk Road
Cover of ‘From Landi Kotal to Wagah’
Salman Rashid’s new book pairs gorgeous photographs with little-known history in tribute to the grid that has long connected far-flung areas of Pakistan
The extraordinary
From Landi Kotal to Wagah (UNESCO and Sang-e-Meel, 2021) mixes in equal measure excellent photography and storytelling to merit a status above that of the average coffee-table book that is more frills than substance.
Its storyteller is Salman Rashid, Pakistan’s preeminent travel-writer, who is also a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. The traveler in him blends with the historian and ethnographer to tell a hitherto untold story of the Grand Trunk Road connecting Peshawar to Lahore. He has written steadily about Pakistan’s far-flung and little known areas for the past 40 years and has contributed to a knowledge of history that is free of the ideological accretions Pakistan is habituated to