Obituary
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Remembering DIG Lonsdale Niblett, Lahore’s Legendary Policeman
Reproduces an obituary of Lahore police officer Lonsdale Niblett, who died in Virginia aged 93, recalling his career from the Punjab Police in 1947, his choice of Pakistan at Partition…
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Obituary: Brigadier Nisar Ahmed SJ
Hamid Hussain’s obituary of Brigadier Nisar Ahmad Khan (1920 to 2019), a Patiala-born officer who opted for Pakistan in 1947 and was central to an armoured holding action in the…
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RIP Fahmida Riaz
A note marking the death of the poet and scholar Fahmida Riaz, remembered for her fearlessness and an Indian exile under Zia, with Hasan Mujtaba’s tribute poem and a translation…
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Rest in Peace Dina Wadia
Notes the death of Dina Wadia, Jinnah’s daughter, and links her thoughts on her father and on Pakistan.
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Lt Gen SK Sinha
Hamid Hussain remembers Lieutenant General S. K. Sinha (1926-2016), who came from a Bihar police family, joined the army at the end of the Second World War and spent three…
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Sahibzada Yaqub Khan
Marking Sahibzada Yaqub Khan’s death, the author posts notes by Hamid Hussain, Agha Humayun Amin and Abbas Raza, and asks unanswered questions about his role in March 1971, calling him…
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Hamid Hussain: Remembering Colonel Shuja Khanzada
Hamid Hussain remembers Colonel Shuja Khanzada (1943-2015), the Punjab home minister killed in a suicide attack in Attock, tracing his military family’s service in the British Indian army and his…
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Gopinath Munde death…massive setback for BJP
A news report on the death of BJP minister Gopinath Munde in a Delhi road accident, with the poster’s comment that it is a major setback for the party in…
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CAPA pays tribute to Dr Mehdi Ali Qamar
Posts a tribute from the Community Association of Pakistani Americans to Dr Mehdi Ali Qamar, killed in Pakistan, with the poster noting the Ohio community’s loss and the shock that…
