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Power Above Law
What is unfolding in Pakistan over Imran Khan’s health is no longer merely about one prisoner, politician or political party. It is a test of whether Pakistan is governed by law or by the unchecked will of those in power. Two days ago, the Supreme Court ordered that Imran Khan be shifted to Shifa International…
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From Mecca to Karbala
A Journey without equal Imam Hussain’s one way journey from Medina to Karbala fourteen hundred years ago wasn’t an ordinary journey. It was a journey of sublimity, enlightenment and deliverance for humanity. Imam Hussain…
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Media and Islamophobia
After the recent attacks in Paris, I deem it’s extremely bizarre to note the dramatic increase in the backlash on Muslim communities especially those living in western societies. Whenever I attempt to read online…
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Legacy of a general
Not what the Quaid intended What can be the legacy of a general? Novelty in marshalling troops in battlegrounds, breaking ground in new formations, genius in surprise tactics to catch the enemy off-guard, reaching…
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Karbala as Counter Terrorism Strategy
Islam is a philosophy of life. It gives reasons and a set purpose for living. Furthermore, it defines the best ways to secure progress and happiness. This is done by elevating the spiritual side…
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Contemporary Islamic Preaching
Most part of the world poses a challenge to the veracity, probity and candour of the scholars of Islam. They are unconvincingly falling short of their divine obligations. They have failed to pass the…
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For a Good Cause Mr. President
‘A bad cause will ever be supported by bad means and bad men.’ (Thomas Paine- American political philosopher) After imposing judiciary-specific emergency, sacking about 80 judges and forwarding warped arguments for his actions thereby…
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Mercy for All the Worlds
The most pronounced aspect of the life of Holy Prophet Muhammad PBUH was his abiding concern for humanity. He was a breadth of fresh air at a time when humanity was suffocating and panting…
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Wrongly Iran Centred
With economy ‘teetering from the housing crash, the voodoo debt crisis and reduced business-spending’ which have plunged America into recession of the worst of its kind in recent history, Mr. Bush sounds buoyant to…
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Understanding the Resistance Rockets
Since Annapolis in November 2007, about 200 Palestinians have been killed by Israel in Gaza and West Bank and still the killing spree is going on. Since Bush’s tour to the region last month…
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US: Leadership Sans Hindsight
There have already been three Security Council resolutions and two rounds of sanc-tions to stop Iran from doing what it considers its legal right under the Non Prolifera-tion Treaty. The NPT does not impose…
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Islam promotes peace, solidarity and Stability
According to scholars of Islam belong-ing to both Sunni and Shia denominations, Islam Promotes peace, solidarity and stability. This is unlike the current perception certain circles in the West generally may have of Islam…
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More Than Seven Millions Converge on Karbala
Imam Hussain, grandson of Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) from his beloved daughter Fatima, wife of Imam Ali, Muhammad’s cousin and his successor, was murdered in the barren plain of Karbala in Iraq, about fourteen…
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Hajj: A Tremendous Show of ‘Unity of Faith’
Hajj, with largest concentration of human beings on earth, is the blessing of God. Only Islam has such a show to tell the world at large that all Islamic prayers condensed in Hajj have…
Latest from Pakistan
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Power Above Law
What is unfolding in Pakistan over Imran Khan’s health is no longer merely about one prisoner, politician or political party. It is a test of whether Pakistan is governed by law or by the unchecked will of those in power. Two days ago, the Supreme Court ordered that Imran Khan be shifted to Shifa International…
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SAARC: An Adventure in Regional Cooperation
Syed Yousif Raza Gillani, Prime Minister of Pakistan, addressing the 16th SAARC Summit, which was attended by Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh and leaders of six other countries, in Thimphu, Bhutan on 28 April,…
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Independent Judiciary & Democracy
Democracy cannot flourish without independent judiciary. Without independent judiciary justice cannot be instituted. Without justice no society advancing peace, security, love and humanity can be structured: society will disappear into a ragtag mob of…
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US: The Paradigm Shift
The US leadership that never failed to harp on its avowed principle of supporting the democratic forces all over the world has failed to notice the democratic change in Pakistan, which has opened a…
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Roots of Evil
Israel has struck Gaza again. This time more than 365 peoples including innocent men, women, and children have been killed. Around 600 people have been injured, a majority of them being in serious condition.…
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Mubarak’s Destabilising Role
Israel’s Gaza carnage started just a day after Tzipi Livni, Israeli foreign minister, returned from Egypt after meeting, pro-western secular president, Mr. Hosni Mubarak. Israeli Foreign minister’s this visit has proved very costly to…
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