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The research paper centers on the timeline of the newspapers from the pre-partition period to the creation of Pakistan. The paper focuses on the journey of newspapers of the sub-continent, ordinarily patronized by the Muslim leadership of the time. The research also focuses on the efforts and contributions led by eminent leadership during the foundational years. The culture of making a caricature was newly adopted during the rule of the British in the sub-continent. These earliest newspapers caricatured colonial India, produced human experience, and shaped colonial affect bringing renowned cartoonists, writer and poets associated themselves with the success of one of the earliest newspaper. From Punch to the Halal e Pakistan all have been deliberated in detail through this research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research analyses the western influences of Romanticism and Fauvism on late Tanweer Murshad’s landscape paintings. As a postcolonial artist, he lived and worked in Lahore, Tanweer Murshad’s biography and artistic point of view is discussed in this paper. The western inspirations regarding the use of medium and techniques of landscape painting is also addressed in detail. Two landscape paintings are chosen to make a comparative analysis, one from 19thcentury Romantic Artist Turner and other from early 20th century Fauvist Andre Derain. The comparison explains about the similarities or dissimilarities in style of painting, compositions and subject matter. The change of methods, historical and social aspects of the works are also discoursed. The paper is an effort to explore western impact on postcolonial landscape painting in subcontinent by Tanweer Murshad. It paves a way to look for more western inspirations in the artworks produced in postcolonial period in Lahore. The postcolonial reading to discover the influence of Western hegemony on landscapes painting is analysed. This research is based on qualitative aspects, visual observation and analysis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]