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Saying "Shukria", Shahid Sajjad — Pakistan’s living legend,

Served by: baithak· February 24th, 2010- No Comments »

‘India forces change in Pakistan delegation for talks’ - chess movesFinance Minister Shaukat Tarin resigns -his personal business is more important. A hint for Zardari?Helmand hullabaloo - spill over?Sher Khan: Saying “Thank You”, especially to someone subordinate or lower than one’s self in the social order, does not seem to come easily to us as […]

Pakistanis and Pukhtuns

Served by: PakFellows Blog· August 2nd, 2009- No Comments »

Cross post from Alhamdolillah

I recently read an article on a bloggers community by someone who wrote nasty things about Pukhtuns (saying they are gays, pretend to be good Muslims and other such things).
I was not going to go into the details of racism because it’s not worth it but I had a big deal of […]

Mausoleum of Waris Shah

· February 25th, 2009- No Comments »

Pervaiz Munir Alvi
Jandiala Sher Khan is the final resting place of eminent sufi poet Syed Waris Ali Shah.
Located about fourteen kilometer northwest of Sheikhupura at the intersection of Sheikhupura-Vanike and Gujranwala-Chuharkana roads, the town is rather an unremarkable place. For about two centuries the author of magnum opus Heer-Ranjha has lied here in the local […]

Nato supply facilities in Punjab shutdown

Served by: VAJOOD - Whats New at vajood· February 20th, 2009- No Comments »

The Punjab government has cancelled a deal between NATO and a private person residing in Attock district of Punjab regarding 12 acres of land where NATO had planned to set up a depot. A question was raised on the floor of the house by deputy Sher Khan who informed the assembly about the land deal […]

‘Heer’ of Waris Shah: The Musical Renderings

Served by: Wonders of Pakistan· July 20th, 2008- No Comments »

By Nayyar Hashmey
The influence of the Heer Ranjha, the tale of love in pre-modern Punjabi secular literature is unrivalled. Even in contemporary Punjab the story continues to enjoy enormous popularity. Waris Shah’s Heer is most brilliant rendering of Punjab’s love legend. It’s a classical poem which puts Punjab’s poetry at par with that of world’s […]

Waris Shah - Ishq da Waris

Served by: Wonders of Pakistan· July 1st, 2008- No Comments »

by Umair Ghani
Punjabi as a language has mostly not been recognized - not even by Punjabis themselves, as a language. Our young generation feels more convenient and sometimes more honored to express themselves in Urdu, rather than in Punjabi their mother tongue. The elite mostly consider this as a language of the menials and illiterate […]

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