Sohni to Sahiban: How Chenab, the river of love, flows seamlessly from one legend to another

In Punjabi folklore, this river of many tragic love stories is a powerful symbol.

Haroon Khalid

· Nov 16, 2018 · 12:30 pm

From Bulleh Shah to Asia Bibi, caste discrimination still runs deep in Pakistan’s Punjab

The Sufi poet challenged caste hierarchy. And the blasphemy case has at its essence the continuation of caste discrimination.

Haroon Khalid

· Nov 09, 2018 · 12:30 pm

Filtering history: Why Aurangzeb and Mahmud Ghazni are heroes in Pakistan but villains in India

And how the colonial state helped engender this narrative.

Haroon Khalid

· Nov 02, 2018 · 12:30 pm

Conventional gender roles give rise to anxiety, self-doubt (and this is also evident in #MeToo)

With the way girls and boys are socialised in our society, it is no surprise that female students tend to underestimate their own abilities.

Haroon Khalid

· Oct 26, 2018 · 06:30 pm

Did the Lahore of author Pran Nevile die with him last week?

The Lahore that Nevile knew survives in many ways. But there is no denying that his accounts of the city of his birth were somewhat romanticised.

Haroon Khalid

· Oct 19, 2018 · 12:30 pm

With his ashes immersed in the Ravi in Pakistan, Kuldip Nayar becomes one with the river’s legends

Tales of the sage Valmiki, Ram and Sita and their son Lav, Guru Nanak and countless others are intertwined with the history of the river.

Haroon Khalid

· Oct 12, 2018 · 12:30 pm

Women not allowed: How patriarchy rules Pakistan’s Sufi shrines that also celebrate the feminine

In September, two women sparked a protest by passing through the Bahishti Darwaza at the shrine of Baba Farid.

Haroon Khalid

· Oct 05, 2018 · 12:30 pm

When the poet Habib Jalib made Lahore a city of rebellion against dictatorship

An excerpt from ‘Imagining Lahore’,writer Haroon Khalid’s romance with the legendary city, once in undivided India, now in Pakistan.

Haroon Khalid

· Oct 04, 2018 · 05:30 pm

As the Koreas take a step towards peace while India and Pakistan falter, a comparison is simplistic

Partition is the product of systematic hatred between two religious communities institutionalised by the British colonial state.

Haroon Khalid

· Sep 28, 2018 · 12:30 pm

Backlash against appointment of Ahmadi economist shows there’s nothing new about Naya Pakistan

No government in the history of the country has been able to push back against the persecution of the minority Ahmadiyya community.

Haroon Khalid

· Sep 21, 2018 · 07:30 pm

Pakistan Coke Studio’s latest season teased a televised revolution – but it soon fizzled out

Season 11 kicked off with songs that made strong political statements, starting with a revolutionary anthem by Faiz Ahmed Faiz.

Haroon Khalid

· Sep 14, 2018 · 06:30 pm

The legacy of Guru Nanak lives on in four historic gurdwaras in Pakistan’s Punjab

Kartarpur Sahib, Sacha Sauda, Sacha Khand and Beri Sahib are associated with key events or miracles in the Sikh guru’s life.

Haroon Khalid

· Sep 07, 2018 · 06:30 pm