Salman Rashid

The Unesco and the government of Pakistan launched a new joint publication titled “From Landi Kotal to Wagah: Cultural Heritage Along the Gr...

This is the story of one of the grandest highroads in the subcontinent richly steeped in legend and history. From the rugged contours of the...

The Moola River of Balochistan is the only one in the 400 kilometre-long Kirthar Mountains that cuts clear across the range from the west to...

The genre of Urdu travel writing in Pakistan is dead, brutally butchered by a narcissistic writer whose travel fiction — written more like t...

In February 1987, trekking up to the source of the Hub River in Balochistan, I had my first exposure to ancient rock art. Etched on a rock, ...

My first battery commander was Maj (later Lt Col) Bashir Ahmed. A Dhariwal Jat, tall and impressive, he was a fine, professional soldier. I ...

By Shayan Naveed Salman Rashid is a historian and the only Pakistani to have seen the North Face of K-2. He also has the unique privilege o...

‘Only they who understand the intricacies of misgari will appreciate the hard work that goes into producing a copperware item and will be wi...

Legend has it that Alexander, having crossed the river, fought his epic battle against Raja Paurava and made peace with the Punjabi king, pa...