Protest over mysterious chopping of ‘Allah Rakha’ in Lahore

LAHORE: Allah Rakha, around an eight-decade-old banyan tree, along with other trees on the campus of Government Associates College, Lake Road, was chopped down on Saturday. According to legend, the banyan tree was named by Maulana Abdul Haq Abbas, the founder of Anjuman Madrasatul Banat, which has managed a number of educational institutions from the pre-Partition era, when he relocated here from India in August … Continue reading Protest over mysterious chopping of ‘Allah Rakha’ in Lahore