Born in what we now know as Junagadh, India on December 21, 1934; Haneef Mohammad went on to get his name immortalized by his own athletic displays. His career with the Pakistani team is composed of 55 test matches in the middle of the years 1952-53 to 1969-70 with a 43.98 average with over twelve hundreds. Haneef Mohammad is widely ...Read More »
Karachi being the business and cultural hub of Pakistan gave birth to many delicacies and marvels we all enjoy and savor. Among them is Student Biryani; known to all of us (Pakistanis that is). Even though countless people enjoy the meals served at the Student Biryani outlets everyday there are just some who know where and how it all began. ...Read More »
A brief account on the life and career of Abdul Hafeez Kardar; the first man to lead the Pakistani cricket team to glory. From where he began and how he went on to getting his name immortalized in the team’s history. In 1925 Lahore, Punjab gave birth to an individual who became a part of the three legendary players who ...Read More »
From the millions of places to go and see, one finds a hard time selecting the place to be. Among millions of others one Pakistani needs to get out and about; before going out of the country they should at least see what marvels lay in the corners of this country. For Pakistan is a captivating land filled with a ...Read More »
When there was no electricity and television was just a myth to the locals kids used to play outside. Games like Kokla Chapaki and Pittu Garam were common and streets used to echo from children’s laughter playing these games. Kokla Chapaki is a traditional game usually played by girls but then with the passage of time boys got into it ...Read More »
Out of all the games played in the streets and on consoles one may be shocked to hear that Ludo is one of the most played board games in Pakistan. The word Ludo is Latin, meaning I play. If you are unfamiliar with this game (which you shouldn’t be) it features racing four tokens across the board. This game can ...Read More »
Widely held as one of the finest bowlers in the history of Pakistan cricket team; Fazal Mahmood was born in Lahore on February 18th 1927. He played for Pakistani cricket team in 34 test matches and was able to take 139 wickets with an average for bowling of 24.70. He was the first Pakistani player to pass the 100 wickets milestone ...Read More »
The shrine/sepulcher of Ruqayyah binte Ali is acknowledged as Bibi Pak Daman. Fables tell us that the mausoleum holds the crypts of six females from Muhammad’s PBUH ménage. These ladies include Ruqayyah binte Ali, who was the female spawn of Prophet Muhammad’s PBUH son-in-law and cousin Ali ibn Talib with his consort Umm-ul-Bannin binte Huzaam. Bibi Pak Daman, meaning “females ...Read More »
Born on 7th May, 1280 Fariduddin Mas’ud Ganjshakar, commonly known as Fariduddin Ganjshakar was Sufi preacher from the 12thcentury and belonged to the Chishti order of the Sufism from South Asia. He is known the main for being the pioneer of poetry in Punjabi language and being one of the vital saints belonging to Punjab. He is illustrious to Muslims, Hindus ...Read More »
The capital city of Azad Kashmir (Portion of Kashmir freed from India by Pakistan), Muzaffarabad is situated on the banks of the rivers Neelum and Jhelum. Surrounded by the Baramulla and Kupwara districts of India in the east, by Neelum District of Azad Kashmir in the northern side and by the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the west, Muzaffarabad houses ...Read More »
