Among the snow-capped heights of Hunza stands a peak commonly known as the Ladyfinger Peak and locally known as Bublimotin. Like most...

A young lad worked at a palace. Over time, he fell in love with the princess. The princess, too, began to adore him. Tired of sneaking...

A pair of two little sparrows were living together very happily. One day, the she-sparrow brought home a grain of rice, and the...

Sunehri Masjid, or The Golden Mosque, was built in Lahore during the era of Mughal decline in 1753, twelve years before the Sikhs invaded th

In Gilgit lived a famed huntsman, Kiba Lori. He was said to never return empty-handed from a single one of his hunting trips. Often with...

British raided the village of Jhamra to take a political prisoner. He was absent, so they arrested women and children instead.

Celebrated for his stories of partition, Saadat Hasan Manto’s creative choices have been subject to censorship.

Turan "The Land of Turya" now lies in present-day Pakistan. In the Persian epic Shahnameh, the term Turan refers to the inhabitants of...

Umar Sheikh Mirza, the father of Mughal emperor Babur, died in 1494, leaving the empire behind to his twelve-year-old son Babur. With his...

Babur was eighteen and once again abandoned by his family. Shaybani asked Babur for his sister’s hand, Khanzada Begum.

Bibi Mubarika, Babur's forgotten queen, remained childless. However, after Babur's demise, she was a part of her stepson, Humayun's, Zenanah

Cemeteries, where the dead rest, or dare we say, those who do not find peace, live on. Here are six historic burial grounds in South Asia, t

Mir Chakar is one of the most famed Baloch Tribal Chieftains. It so happened that his son, Shahdad, was married to his cousin, Mehnaz....

At Doyur, on the road from Gilgit to Nagyr, a man, Phuko, and his son, Laskirr, went out to fetch water for their household needs. On the...

This artwork is copyrighted & has been created for the initiative #WhenArtHasAVoice This is the story of a king and his seven daughters....

Ada Jafarey was born on 22 August 1924 in the small city of Budaun, India, with the name Aziz Jahan.

The Baloch were mentioned in Portuguese documents as Nautaques, which means "pirates" this was the name given to the Baloch from Jask-Gwadr

Rumour has it there once was an Urdu magazine so popular that it was smuggled across the border and sold for exorbitant prices.

This story is about a herdsman. Back in the day, people used to give the charge of their goats and sheep to people they knew. The...

Once upon a time, there was a goat. She had two little baby goats, named Angaya and Bangaya. She used to go to the forest everyday,...