Back on the main road and in another thirty minutes, you shall reach the vicinity of Patriata. Now take the road to the top of

Besides building magnificent official and residential mansions in Rawalpindi, Lahore or Karachi, British left their foot print almost in every town they went to like

In 1967, a wedding procession landed in Gilgit by the regular Fokker plane and proceeded to Karimabad in Hunza on the precarious jeep track along

Nestled among the green shrubby mountains and an hour’s drive from Islamabad is the small sleepy and peaceful town of Attock. When a new District

Almost a decade back, I heard a friend talking about a British era cannon in a village near Chakwal, awarded to a soldier of first

On 22nd March, 1925, there was a lot of commotion in the rural dusty town of Renala Khurd some hundred kilometers south of Lahore. Governor

After Napoleon’s defeat in Waterloo, many of the mercenaries left for Persia and India to test their fortunes. General Avitabile was one of them. Born

After Napoleon lost Battle of Waterloo in 1815 and was sent packing to Saint Helena, his army of mercenaries was in disarray. Though Napoleon had

Growing up in eighties near Mianwali where my father was posted at one of the few nuclear energy plants of Pakistan, the days were hot

Crossing Margalla Pass on Grand Trunk road near Islamabad in Pakistan, you cannot miss a tall magnificent obelisk right at the Margalla Pass, the Nicholson

The year was 1914, the location was Ypres in Belgium and the occasion was World War I. Germans was pushing into Europe with their blitzkrieg

Long ago, not so very long ago, Googaira was the District Head quarters of a District comprising Sahiwal, Okara and Pakpattan. All of these towns

Having failed a number of times in finding Charehan forest rest house near Lower Topa, my friend and forester turned civil servant Rizwan Mahboob offered

One fine morning in late November, I found myself standing on the shores of river Indus at Kalabagh. I was staying at a Government rest

by Omar Mukhtar Khan Taking advantage of long Eid break, I along with a couple of friends decided to explore the ancient Deepalpur fort about

By Omar Mukhtar Khan Chillianwala is not a new name for any serious student of colonial history in India. Taking the westward road from Kharian,

By Omar Mukhtar Khan FEW people in Pakistan know about the scenic valley of Soan-Sakesar and still fewer know that the valley boasts of at

Recommended. Omar Mukhtar Khan is guided from pillars to chambers, from one storey to another in Khewra, where he absorbs all he is told about

THE Salt Range in northern Punjab is a sort of natural barrier between northern and central Punjab. Although more people know about Salt Range because

By Omar Mukhtar Khan FOR most of us a trip to Murree means a nice walk in the clouds around Governor’s House and Kashmir Point;