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Up in the mountains

Col (r) Ikram Ullah Khan It was in the splendid afternoon  of 23 June 2024 when the sky was cloudy portending pre-monsoon rain and the weather was temperate with cool breeze gently blowing that I along with half of my family embarked up on a long ride from Abbottabad with an intent to visit the […]

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Shandur festival and beyond

Col (r) Ikram Ullah Khan  Shandur polo festival which is ordinarily held during the first week of July every year is reportedly being held from 28-30 June this year. The event provides an opportunity to majority of the festival-goers and entertainment-starved public to get away from the daily grind and humdrum existence, thus allowing them

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Parliament vs judiciary (part-2)

Col (r) Ikram Ullah Khan A year ago I had written on the same topic when a tussle erupted between the parliament and judiciary following Supreme Court\’s verdict on holding early elections of Punjab provincial assembly after it was dissolved prematurely. The impugned decision pitted both the state institutions against each other on the issue

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