RAWAL RAJ

There are rivers behind cities because water is a basic human need. Behind Rawalpindi is also the Sawan River, with which man has been associated for millions of years, but the most important thing in the known history of Rawalpindi is its strategic position. About twelve hundred years ago, the ruler of Jaisalmer, Bhapa Rawal, established a military post here, which today is probably one of the largest cantonments in the world, but there are so many stories associated with this garrison city. There are so many twists and turns of history here, reading which we, who are already Pindiwals, leave our hearts here somewhere.
Pervaiz Rasheed
Former Federal Minister

Like beliefs, history has also been made sacred in Pakistan, due to which we have not been able to learn anything from history. No one has even made a conscious effort to break this barrier within Pakistan. Sajjad Azhar has made a strong effort to break this tradition in the backdrop of a city and has shown that history is not what is in the syllabus, especially the partition riots in Rawalpindi, which, according to Sajjad, have their roots in the riots of 1926. Those riots went on to change the entire history. This book by Sajjad Azhar will prove to be an important reference in this regard.
Professor Dr. Ishtiaq Ahmed
Stockholm University, Sweden

Sajjad Azhar is among the few journalists who have taken out debts that were not even obligatory for the love of the soil. In an environment where every journalist is only playing politics, Sajjad Azhar has not only given priority to civilization and culture but has written in such a way that the reader is naturally drawn to him. He has tried to restore the fading civilization of Potohar and connect the public with it.
Dr. Nadeem Umar Tarar
CEO Center for Culture and Development

Sajjad Azhar is a great journalist, researcher or poet, history will decide that, but if he was not a researcher and poet, we would not have such a unique style of journalism. Sajjad is a villager like me who came to the city with big dreams. People take tribute from big cities for their dreams, but Sajjad is a man who has paid tribute in return. The series of research he has started on the history of Rawalpindi and Islamabad has a world of fans. He has given the twin cities a new cultural identity. Readers are not only admirers of his writings, but are captivated by the romance of his style of narration.
Muhammad Hameed Shahid

The history of Pothohar and its urban centers Rawalpindi and Islamabad was not available until now except for the writings on the scientific, literary and cultural angles included in the gazetteer and the biographies of a few writers, but the renowned investigative journalist Sajjad Azhar has for the first time illuminated the historical and cultural boundaries here with an amazing breadth. Describing the oldest civilization of the world, which was born on the banks of the Swan, from its beginning to the present day in such a way that new worlds open up for the reader every moment, is Sajjad Azhar's specialty. This work of his is commendable, which will not only open new discussions, but will also give a confident dimension to the Pothohar national and cultural consciousness.
Dr. Rosh Nadeem