Tabraiz Akram

 Whether life belongs to an individual or a nation, there are moments when everything is not in one's hands and one has to do a lot against one's will.  History has shown that every nation at some stage had to do a lot of things which were not to its liking.  In such moments, small evil is preferred to big evil.  If the amount of damage is increased by doing something then an attempt is made to reduce the amount of damage by adopting an alternative. Where to go  Europe's affairs are in a state of turmoil.  After ruling several countries and regions for more or less four and a half centuries, the European powers have now reached the point where they have to determine the direction of the long journey of the future.  The United States stands out as the sole superpower.  His strengths and weaknesses are not hidden.  In many cases, he has become so entrenched that his own yard is in disarray.  Despite this, the United States is not ready to ...

South Punjab, which consists of three divisions and eleven districts, is about 45% of Punjab in terms of area and about 32% of the total population of Punjab in terms of population.  The Seraiki nationalists, in defiance of their legitimate demands, spread the boundaries of South Punjab and covered 24 districts and two provinces.  The demand also included two districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Dera Ismail Khan and Tank, while Mianwali, Bhakkar, Khushab, Sargodha, Chiniot, Jhang, Bhakkar, Sahiwal, Pakpattan, Okara and Toba Tek Singh were also included in the proposed province.  Took  Obviously, the province will not be formed at the behest of the Seraiki nationalists.  Who would have thought that it would not be possible to close the two districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the sack of their desire unless the Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa approves it and such a thing is not possible till the Day of Judgment.  As for Sahiwal, Pakpattan, Okara, Toba Tek Singh, Sa...

 اتوار کی صبح ہم گاڑی لے کر نکل جاتے ہیں اور پرانے لاہور کی گلیوں اور اندرون شہر کے محلوں میں گھومتے ہیں ۔ کبھی کوئی پرانا مزار اپنی جانب کھینچ لیتا ہے توکہ سر گنگا رام کا مجسمہ یں کوئی اجڑا ہوا باغ راست سر گنگا رام کا مجسمہ ے میں آ جاتا ہے ، کبھی کسی مندر کی باقیات دکھائی دے جاتی ہیں توکہیں مسجد کے میناروں سے روشنی پھوٹتی نظر آجاتی ہے ،کبھی کسی قدیم حویلی کی کشش کھینچ کے لے جاتی ہے تو کہیں کسی چوبارے پہ تاریخ آواز دے کر بلا لیتی ہے ۔سردیوں سر گنگا رام کا مجسمہ کی اتوار لاہور کے نام مختص ہے ۔اور کچھ نہ ملے تو اندرون شہر کا ناشتہ ہی کر لیتے ہیں، ہر مرتبہ ایک نیا تجربہ ہوتا ہے ۔ اور کیوں نہ ہو ۔ لاہور دنیا کا غالباً وہ واحد شہر ہے جہاں آپ صرف نان چنے کھانے کا ہی فیصلہ کر لیں تو اُس کی درجن بھر اقسام مل جائیں گی ، ایک سے بڑھ کر ایک۔آج اسی قسم کے لاہوری کھانوں کے بارے میں لکھنے کا فیصلہ کیا تھا اور وجہ اُس کی یہ تھی کہ محترم واصف ناگی نے لاہور کے بارے میں اِس قدر تفصیل سے لکھ دیا ہے کہ مجھ ایسے عاشق لاہو ر کے لیے اب کچھ بچا ہی نہیں ۔ لاہور میں بیک وقت کئی قسم کی تاریخ ہے جو بکھری ...

 I used to work in an English newspaper when I was a teenager. That newspaper belonged to a group that published a right wing ideological Urdu newspaper.  However, surprisingly, this English newspaper was completely different from its Urdu-bound brother.  The paper promoted some of the most modern trends, with relatively secular thinkers writing columns, the editorial board consisting mostly of modern English-speaking journalists, fashionable bearded editors, and the reporting department.  It consisted of young people who were called 'Mod Scouts' at the time.  When I was recruited in the reporting section of the newspaper, a new world appeared to me.  This world was very different from what I had experienced at that time. I came from the house where the same ideological Urdu newspaper was read for years. My father used to write columns in it.  And the journalists had to come and go, everything I heard in the gatherings of these great elders was taught ...