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Pakistan batsman Bazid Khan could become the second third-generation player in the history of Test cricket if he plays West Indies in the first Test starting today at Kensington Oval. Khan would join Dean Headly, an opening bowler for England in the 1990s in the exclusive club. Khan’s grandfather, Jahangir Khan, played four matches for [...]

The Kalash community dates to the time of Alexander the Great. Until recently, the lifestyle of the Kalash had changed little since the community was established, according to their oral history, by settlers from Alexander the Great’s armies in 377 BC. The strongest influence the next generation faces may well be tourism. Women still wear [...]

The site chosen for the purpose is the 125-year old Tollington Market on The Mall in Lahore, which has seen many ups and downs in its life. Till recently, and for as long as one remembers, it was a fruit, fish, and vegetable market, but then the Punjab Government decided to restore its original function [...]

This week’s chance discovery of new historical treasures near Harappa in Pakistan’s Punjab province comes as a powerful reminder of the country’s prospects for revisiting what some consider its rich historical legacy. While Pakistan may be just 57 years old, its history dates back to an era much before that. And yet, the country chooses [...]

The existence of links between Pakistan and Central Asia at the end of 3rd and the beginning of 2nd millennium B.C is beyond doubts. Pakistan and Central Asia are seats of original cultures and centers world’s earliest civilizations. Pakistan’s cultural contacts with central Asia can be traced back to the Prehistoric times. In the Indian [...]

The Lahore Museum will borrow artefacts from the Lahore Fort to display at its new Sikh section. The donations include miniature paintings from the Sikh period, featuring the Guler, Kangra and Pahari schools of thoughts and a Quran presented by Raja Ranjeet Singh to one of his ministers. A large collection of coins has also [...]

The man chosen to drive the first bus linking divided Kashmir says his selection for the job was a blessing from God and he is thrilled to be playing a part in history. Raja Pervez Khan, from Azad Kashmir, says he has no long-lost relatives on the Indian side, but he is proud to be [...]

Zainul Wahab is a renowned scholar on various archaeological sites and historical periods, particularly of Greek culture in the NWFP. He has not only established the Mardan Museum in 1990 but also worked on various sites, including Alexander’s route, excavation at Gangoder (Hund), and establishment of the Alexander Monument at Hund (Swabi). He recovered extremely [...]

He does it so well that not even the sharpest of experts can tell the difference between the real and the copy, except that the latter has a fresh look. Although, if required, he can make his work look 3,000 years old. Ustad Ghulam Mustafa rarely comes to Islamabad and this particular display had been [...]

The newly discovered ridge contains residential houses for monks. The entire settlement is comprised of ten houses having a special structure. These were two storey buildings with each one had a courtyard and two room built in them on a separate platform. All the houses were connected with each other through stairs and each one [...]