House of Indian Actor Om Prakash, Walled City Lahore

House of Indian actor Om Prakash, Koocha Beli Ram inside walled City of Lahore

Om Prakash played the leading man in films like Dus Lakh, Annadata and Charandas. His pivotal roles in the films Dil Daulat Duniya, Chupke Chupke, Julie, Joroo Ka Ghulam, Aa Gale Lag Jaa, Pyar Kiye Jaa and Buddha Mil Gaya are considered to be among his best along with Daddu in Namak Halaal and De Silva in Zanjeer.

Photos by: Syed Haider Mehdi

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PML(N) Jalsa 28-10-11

Sonali Musjid

View on approaching Lahore from the west

Runjeet Singh’s Tomb, Lahore, Punjab 1863

Punjab Public Library, Lahore Pakistan 1880

Two Men Sleeping on the Street – Lahore 1946

“… prostitutes peeking out from the doorways of their brothel” – Lahore 1946

Pedestrian problems

By Saadia Gardezi:

A girl today has been shot dead on the overhead bridge on Jail Road. The young girl was a student at Kinnaird College, it is said that she was studying computer science at the FA level. The circumstances are however unclear, but there is speculation that it was a jilted lover who shot her and then shot himself.

I mean to write this not to try to understand the crime or the sad state of mind of the girl or boy in question. But the problem that needs to be addressed is the safety of students on the roads, especially female students. This notorious bridge has been the cause for much distress for female students in the past as many well-mannered Lahori bachelors are found loitering here. The teasing and catcalls are nothing new for the girls and they would rather risk the rabid traffic of Jail Road and cross the massive street than be subjected to the natural talents of these gentlemen.

Man smoking a hooka pipe as others look on – Lahore 1946

 

Street Scenes of Lahore – 1946

Conservation of Shalimar Garden

Among the World Heritage Sites in Pakistan, the Lahore Fort (Shahi Qila) and the Shalamar Garden have special significance; both, inscribed on the
World Heritage List1 in 1981 as a single site, represents the epitome of the
Mughal architecture of the 17th century. The palace gardens of the Lahore Fort
and the pleasure garden of Shalamar invoke the Mughal’s love for landscape
as an articulated space. The complex symbolic imagery based on the Islamic
concept of the Paradise Garden2, amalgamated with local traditions, were
the hallmark of the architectural vocabulary of the period. Built in 1641- 42 C.E. for Emperor Shah Jahan (1628- 1658), the Shalamar Garden, is located at a distance of about five kilometers North-East of the Walled City of Lahore and its citadel, the Lahore Fort.

Beginning with Akbar, each Mughal Emperor built his palaces in the citadel and
Shah Jahan contributed with his Quadrangle and its Diwan-e- Khas (Hall of Special Audience), the Khawab-Gah (Kings Sleeping Chambers), the Shah Burj and the exquisite Sheesh Mahal and that is where he stayed during his sojourn in Lahore. He would also attend to important business of the State at the gardens of Shalamar, where ceremonies were held and where the elite were honored through invitation. The Garden was also a favorite resting place in the Royal movements to and from Lahore. Click here to read complete report

Indian boys playing atop an old military cannon built in 1761 which stands on the grounds of the Jubilee Museum & Technical Institute, Prince Albert Memorial Museum – Lahore 1946

High Court Lahore. The Mall. Circa 1900. Taken from the Anglican Cathedral Grounds

Lohari Gate of Lahore, A Rare Image.

A rare image of Lahori Gate, one of the 13 gates of Lahore. It was taken by an unknown photographer in 1900.

 

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City treasures: Revamped Lahore Heritage Museum opens next week

LAHORE: The revamped Lahore Heritage Museum will open on October 12, though ambitious ideas for the space have been scaled down from the original plan.

The historic Tollinton Market building on The Mall was converted into the Lahore Heritage Museum in 2006 and used mainly as a single exhibition space. But it has not hosted an exhibition since last year, because of rainwater damage that threatened the items on display.

In its new guise, the museum will be divided into three halls – a permanent gallery, a temporary gallery and a central ‘Hall of Fame’ of Lahoris and officials are currently at work arranging displays, labelling items and fixing lights, said Uzma Usmani, who was put in charge of the museum less than four weeks ago.

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Lahore – Before Partition- rare footage

Historic footage of Lahore city circa 1946 shot in Technicolor with views of two partition veterans on how the city has been changed after partition. Sites that have been captured are The Mall Road, Lahore Gymkhana (Old Building now Quaid-e-Azam Library), Lahore Museum, Badshahi Mosque, Lahore Fort, Delhi Gate, Walled City, Circular Road etc.

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World Habitat Day 2011: Lahoris reminisce Canal’s grandeur, lament felling of trees

By Taha Siddiqui

LAHORE: “It was a beautiful sight,” reminisces Tahir Frooq, a labourer working on widening the Canal Road in Lahore.

“To see such lush green trees being cut saddens me,” Farooq laments. Like him, a majority of Lahore’s residents are unhappy with the widening of the road on either side of the canal.

After a five-year legal battle between environmentalists and the Punjab government, the Supreme Court in September allowed for partial felling on trees along a seven-kilometre-long patch of the canal, to pave the way for road widening.

“Visiting the Canal Road is painful. I cannot see the trees being felled,” says Imrana Tiwana from the Lahore Bachao Tehreek, the person behind the petition which demanded the end of the road widening project.

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