The author writes travel pieces and is a fellow at the Royal Geographical Society.
Jamile Naqi’s ode to Lahore and Lahoris
Story of the courage and perseverance of a woman from a village a few miles from Umar kot on the fringe of the Thar desert
Copenhagen is a city that has preserved its architecture. The effort needs to be replicated in Pakistan
Especially now, more than ever before, we need to emulate the Danes. And not just in Lahore
Balochistan, the most unexplored intriguing, and beautiful province of the country
Recollections of a motorcycle trip from the deepest South Waziristan to upland Bajaur, where forests are dense, valleys thickly wooded and peaks...
Our relationship with trees is disharmonious. We simply have no understanding of what trees do for us, for the environment and for global ecology on...
Did Mohammad bin Qasim pass through Balochistan or is it just hearsay
A personal memoir of the multi-talented Fahd Rasul Butt who died at age 39
Our society suffers from massive historical inferiority complex… look at the way we destroy indigenous trees and plant imported varieties
Supposing we plant a few hundred amaltas trees in parks or along lakes, and celebrate an annual Amaltas Blossom Festival?
Travelling to and around Mirpur Khas evokes symbols of the past -- the historic metre gauge train and train stations, all of which have been lost to...
Since we are famous for disregarding history, we believe all sorts of fiddle-faddle mouthed by illiterates, masquerading as ‘intellectuals’....
To the village of Baral in Azad Kashmir, where an ancient fortress seems to be crumbling to dust
A visit to a forgotten well in Kashmir invokes nostalgia and questions about its history
The book takes readers on a colourful journey through Kasur, inviting them to explore the city
Qadir Buksh’s fate seems to be tied to that of his boat -- both withering away quietly
Savouring the landscape of Punjab plains during the months of Savan and Bhadon when the beauty of this green sea stretches mile after mile
Arriving in Chitral with a missing bag and roads cut off. Yet, managing to escape the demonic spell of rain just in time
Making a second visit to Pharwala Fort after eighteen years to see the priceless historical monument being dismantled by ignorant people
