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Land Marks of Past – Kos Tower and Milestones of Lahore

March 3rd, 2012

Kos Minar (Tower) Lahore

The Rule of Sher Shah Suri that started in 1540 has always been considered as one of the best rules this land has ever seen in recent history. He remained ruler of India only for five years, but those five years were full of achievements. Jarneli Sarak (Road) also known as GT Road in India is one of his great achievements.  During his rule he worked on infrastructure of territory, three major roads were constructed on his order and collectively these roads are thousands of miles in length.

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Heart Of Pakistan – Lahore

December 23rd, 2011

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TEDxAnarkali – Revitalizing the cultural heritage

October 6th, 2011

I will not define TED all over again as many has already done that. I am more concerned to the E of TED, here it represents “entertainment” and it is one regular feature of TED or TEDx events. Entertainment is not just about fun only; it can be helpful in elaborating tough subjects with ease and less time. The best example can be Junoon and Shehzad Roy trying to redefined Poetry of Iqbal in late 90s.

TEDx is coming to Lahore again; where team of TEDxLahore is busy in designing the third edition of the event and the work is underway TEDxAnarkali is coming to add music to the TEDx legacy of the city. Music is the feature of this event to celebrate the E of TEDx.

 

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Chelsea of Lahore

August 23rd, 2011

Picture Courtesy ApnaOrg.com

First Published “Lahore Nama“

There was a time when caravans of fragrances used to pass by the streets of Lahore, but today it is a fuss created by direction less crowd. The remaining old cultural identities are dependent on the very few literary and cultural events. Bhaati Gate of old Lahore has always been famous as the centre of literature, knowledge, and art. One can easily experience the glimpse of the real cultural flavour of Lahore and old heritage right after crossing the gate. The twisting narrow streets, weaker structures, and doors with classic designs are the storytellers of the great past. Because of the literary activities of Bhaati gate Hakeem Ahmed Shuja declared it as “Chelsea of Lahore”.

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Shairanwala Gate; The Witness of Many Tales

October 24th, 2009

In good old days there were three important gates, towards river Ravi , Kashmiri Gate, Shairanwala Gate and Yaki Gate. Ravi used to flow exactly in front of Shairanwala gate. Shairanwala gate was built during the era of Akbar, during Sikh regime it was damaged as other gates were, but British rule rebuilt it. This gate is at the southern east part of the city wall. We can see the building of Khdamudin Bint Public School, and Molvi Ahmad Ali Masjid and at the left side there is Govt Islamia High School Shairanwala situated, it was built by Anjuman Himait e Islam in 1889. On the outer side of gate Masjid Ghosia Hanfia Bagh wali is located.

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