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 dayâs 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