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Salman Tahir

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HERITAGE: PROTECTED BY THE PEEPAL

When demolition crews recently cleared the area around Lahore’s Bhati Gate, one small domed shrine survived — not because anyone

22.02.2026 100

Dawn (Magazines)

Salman Tahir

The eternal ascent: Basant returns to the skies of Lahore

04.02.2026 9

Dawn Prism

Salman Tahir

CULTURE: FADING INTO SILENCE

For a thousand years, Punjab kept its history in song, not script. Now, fewer than a dozen people can still perform the epic tales

14.12.2025 40

Dawn (Magazines)

Salman Tahir

CULTURE: THE FORGOTTEN HEART

Before Bapsi Sidhwa’s Ice-Candy Man, there was Mumtaz Shahnawaz’s The Heart Divided — Pakistan’s first English-language Partition

01.06.2025 20

Dawn (Magazines)

Salman Tahir