Mazhar Javed

STONE on the grave of Queen Noor Jahan in Lahore reads, “Bar mazar-i-ma ghareeban, nay chiragh ne gule; Naay par-i-parwanasozad, nay sadaa-i-bulbuley” (Translation: On the…

MY childhood memories of Lahore include the American Centre and British Council libraries, Khana-i-Farhang Iran and various publications of Goethe Institute and Alliance Françoise. As…

  STONE on the grave of Queen Noor Jahan in Lahore reads, “Bar mazar-i-ma ghareeban, nay chiragh ne gule; Naay par-i-parwanasozad, nay sadaa-i-bulbuley” (Translation: On…

TRUMP will take over as the President of the US in less than two months from now. New President, new Administration and new policies: That…

  FAR-right extremists – no matter where in the world they exist – have one feature in common. They try to re-write history in a…

FLAWED on a million accounts, elections for the Illegally-occupied Jammu & Kashmir (IIOJ&K) Legislative Assembly have been held, results announced on 8 October and leader…

  MEETING of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Heads of Government (HoG) is in progress in Islamabad. Event is important, among other reasons, for being…

AT the time that I am writing these lines on 7 October, it is exact one year since the Israeli aggression began on this date…

  AMIDST our busy day-to-day chores to keep our kitchens going, it is worthwhile once in a while, to stop and remember our legends in…

Some three weeks from now, Pakistan will be hosting the Heads of Govern-ment (CHG) of the Shanghai Cooperation organization (SCO). Shanghai Cooperation Organization is an…