Events Of Pakistan History

Magazines |2015-12-20 07:22:26
REVIEW:A history of violence:A Brief History of Seven Killings

Marlon James’s Booker prizewinning novel A Brief History of Seven Killings is a fantastic attempt at recounting the attack on Marley through a variety of eccentric, rowdy and colourful characters that provide, to a reasonable extent, a clear, albeit bloody, insight into the violence-stricken Jamaica of the 1970s and ’80s (the story moves further ahead)...
Here’s how A Brief History of Seven Killings moves into first gear by virtue of...
Archive |2016-10-30 06:43:13
A Leaf From History: A history of ethnic violence

Sociologists also trace the history of Karachi’s ethnic conflagarations to the 1960s after then president Gen Ayub Khan initiated a plan to settle Pakhtuns — his own ethnic group — in the city...
MQM’s demands included the repatriation and settlement of Biharis (Urdu-speaking East Pakistanis who continue to live in refugee camps) from Bangladesh to Pakistan...
Archive |2017-06-12 06:02:58
The Putin Interviews and when cinematic events are outrun by events themselves

As Stone himself proved with JFK, a brazen, self-consciously stylised reframing of consensus history can be great art even at its most outrageous, inviting viewers to question official verities and their own most precious assumptions...
What might have been the cinematic event of its time has been quickly outpaced by time and events themselves...
Archive |2016-05-09 19:47:45
Foreign Office's 'Ancient Pakistan' exhibition attracts history lovers

ISLAMABAD: For the first time in country's history the Foreign Office organised a three-day exhibition reflecting Pakistan's ancient culture and civilisation which attracted a large number of history lovers along with diplomats...
The exhibition titled 'Ancient Pakistan' is showcasing artifacts and relics from ancient civilisations belonging to the region including Gandhara, Harappa, Mehrgarh and Moen-Jo-Daro...
Archive |2015-05-13 06:35:42
Recounting Pakistan’s 9,000 year old history of pluralism

ISLAMABAD: A film screened at the Pakistan Institute of Parliamentary Services (PIPS) on Tuesday took viewers through the thousands of years of spiritual history of the land where Pakistan stands today...
The film titled ‘The Story of a Banyan Tree: 9,000 Years of Pluralistic Heritage in Pakistan’ was conceptualised by Dr Kamran Ahmed and based on his research...
Pakistan |2015-04-26 14:36:45
Pakistan cricket at lowest point in international history: Ramiz Raja

Cricket commentator and former Test captain Ramiz Raja has described Pakistan's hammering at the hands of Bangladesh as "embarrassing" and the "lowest point in our international history"...
In an interview with ESPNCricinfo, Ramiz Raja expressed his disappointment in the "lack of direction" and the lack of "fresh ideas" from the Pakistan Cricket Board which had rendered the national cricket team as a "rudderless ship"...
Pakistan |2017-08-19 07:10:29
Dawn undertakes Pakistan history project

KARACHI: Today, Dawn embarks on a series of 16 special reports under the banner of ‘70 years of Pakistan and Dawn’...
The first report covers the epoch of the founding fathers (1947 to 1951) and includes the Quaid-i-Azam’s tenure as governor general and Liaquat Ali Khan’s as first prime minister of Pakistan...
Sport |2017-05-15 08:21:21
Pakistan win thriller for first Windies series victory in history

Pakistan won a thrilling third and final Test with six balls to spare to clinch a first series victory in the West Indies Sunday and give a fitting farewell to the retiring captain Misbah ul Haq and veteran Younis Khan...
“I am thankful for myself, the team and all supporters of Pakistan cricket that we were able to pull it off...
Pakistan |2017-06-17 06:55:22
Pakistan ready to ‘change history’ against India

LONDON: Pakistan are ready to change the course of history in a clash that’s “bigger than the Ashes” when they face arch-rivals India in the ICC Champions Trophy final...
Title-holders India will be firm favourites against a Pakistan side who were the lowest ranked of all the teams taking part in a tournament featuring the world’s top-eight ODI sides...
Archive |2017-04-29 23:29:50
Pakistan eye history-making triumph in WI

BRIDGETOWN: With an emphatic win in the opening Test in Kingston, Pakistan are on the brink of recording their first-ever series victory in the Caribbean when Misbah-ul-Haq’s men lock horns with a frail-looking home team in the second Test starting here at the Kensington Oval on Sunday...
Since making their first tour to the Caribbean back in 1957-58 under Abdul Hafeez Kardar, Pakistan have so far played seven Test series in the West...
Archive |2017-05-10 01:02:18
All to play for as Pakistan chase history in final WI Test

Windsor Park will host only the fifth Test in its history and will be the stage on which the West Indies will seek to prove that their win last week in Barbados was no fluke...
This Test will be the big farewell for two legends of the game in skipper Misbah-ul-Haq and Younis Khan and while that will motivate Pakistan to achieve their first series win in the Caribbean, the West Indies will not want to roll over as they have a chance to...
Pakistan |2017-06-02 16:27:58
Throwback: Top moments from Pakistan's Champions Trophy history

While it has mostly been a disappointing outing for Pakistani cricket fans so far, there have been moments in the tournament's history that stand out as memorable, if not unforgettable...
During the 2004 edition of the tournament, Pakistan were head to head with arch-rival India...
Archive |2016-09-06 22:06:00
'History in Pakistan has been badly treated'

KARACHI: With Pakistan just two days away from observing Defence Day and marking the 50th anniversary of the 1965 war, historian and political economist Dr S...
Akbar Zaidi dispelled ‘the victory myth’, saying that there can be no a bigger lie, as Pakistan lost terribly...
Blogs |2016-02-08 12:51:08
From KGS to Harvard: Our journey to making history for Pakistan

Had we just won Harvard Model United Nations 2016? Did we just make history?This announcement was followed by The Lycuem School winning the Best Small Delegation...
We simultaneously chanted, “Pakistan Zindabad...
Archive |2016-09-04 07:12:54
A Leaf From History: Pakistan’s nuclear cat on a hot tin roof

The US administration had kept a vigilant eye on political developments in Pakistan for quite some time but the country’s attempts to acquire nuclear capability were on the top of the US agenda...
Pakistan’s immediate need was financial assistance to meet its budgetary deficit...