Last year when some Cholistanis reached a graveyard near Yazman to bury one of their elders who had died, they discovered that their ancestral graveyard has been allotted to a settler from central Punjab who refused them permission for burial. The bereaved family members and friends were infuriated who decided to take up arms. Tension… Read More Cholistan’s summer of discontent

"Rohi lagrri e sawni turt walaa hote…… Makkalwadh Swadh do ro ro waat niharan Disda yaar probhra baithi kaang uddaran" Different Seraiki experts on Khwaja Farid, like Maulana Aziz-ur-Rehman, Noor Ahmad Faridi, Asif Khan and Mujahid Jatui have explained “Makkalwadh Swadh” according to their capacity and approach. Mujahid Jatui’s explanation is right to much extent. I… Read More MAKKALWADH SWADH

MULTAN-E-MAA BA JANNAT-E- OULAA BRABAR AST AAHIsTAH PAA BNEH KEH MALAK SAJDAH MIKUNAND (AMEER KHUSROO) A haven of sun, citrus and mango farms, With clear water richgreen and sunshine. Multan has been a most important city of Hind and Sindh for a period of about 3000 years. It was strategically placed, on the main trade… Read More MULTAN (The anciant living city)

To the southeast of Dera Nawab, on the edge of the Cholistan Desert, make an exciting day’s outing from either Ahmadpur East or Bahawalpur. The massive fort towers over the surrounding semi-desert and is visible from miles around. The huge walls, supported by enormous round buttresses, stand 40 meters (130 feet) high and are 1.5… Read More Fort Derawar (Cholistan)

Of the seven large villages, constituting the present (1878 A.D.), Uchch, that in witch the tomb and shrine of the Sayyid, Jalal-ud-Din, Husain, Bukhari, is situated, is call Uchch-i-Sharif, and Uchch-i-Jalali; and that in which is the tomb and shrine of the famous Makhdum-i-Jahan-gasht is known as Uchch-i-Makhdum. The village in which the governors on… Read More Uchch (in 1878 A.D.)

Pathana Khan I don't remember if it was spring, summer, fall or winter when I first heard Pathana Khan's rare recording in late Mian Aslam Ranjha's music library. That was the best collection of rare music in Lahore and I don't think anyone has matched it even today. Sense of time and space vanished when… Read More Pathana Khan

In the heart of Thal exists a bustling little town with a few thousand inhabitants, called Mankera. It is now a tehsil headquarter in Bakhar district, situated on Bakhar- Jhang road, 50 k.ms south east of district headquarter. It is strategically situated in the middle of Great Thal. Its pride landmark is the old fort,… Read More The Ancient Riasat Mankera