The Journey of a WWI Memorial in Islamabad

Islamabad debates the removal of a World War I memorial, weighing heritage, development, and how the city remembers its past.

For years, the World War I memorial near Rehara village stood quietly above the surrounding land, a small but enduring reminder of local soldiers who once left these villages for a distant war. This week, its dismantling placed the monument at the centre of a wider public debate, with questions emerging about whether it was […]