“For people it was like migrating from Makkah to Madinah in the way of Islam. Hardly affected, by their poverty or resourceless condition, they were simply overjoyed by the bliss of living in.
February 28, 2021
The recent disappearance of presiding officers in a by-election in Daska shows that public machinery is being used for narrow political ends
“Ustad Marhoom,” an eccentric and anachronistic character in Ibne Insha’s magnum opus
Khumar-i-Gandum used a book,
English Teacher as a weapon of mass harassment. The Ustad used his book to instil terror in the hearts of all his acquaintances who laid any claim to proficiency in the English language. Even otherwise, reasonably educated individuals were wary of seeing the Ustad. The reason behind the reluctance to face the Ustad was not exactly lack of proficiency in the English language. It was the sheer unpredictability with which the Ustad started asking his unsuspecting audience the English translation of different vegetable names catalogued in his book that kept the poor people on their toes.
Musicians perform at a plaque unveiling ceremony at the Alhamra Arts Council to mark Unesco honour conferred upon Lahore. Online
LAHORE: Lahore has been declared the “city of literature” – the first place in the country to have been conferred the title by Unesco.
A ceremony was held at Alhamra Art Center’s Burney Garden where the Unesco director and Punjab government officials spoke about the importance of Lahore as a centre of learning and conviviality. The stage was set in the garden which was nicely decked up and musicians played tunes of songs.
Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan was the chief guest at the plaque unveiling ceremony as Chief Minister Usman Buzdar could not make it to the venue because of his other commitments.