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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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Western Falsehood and Roots of Muslim Anger
The Palestinian problem has been in the headlines for over fifty years now. The terrorists who struck the Twin Towers and every statement issued by Osama Bin Laden and his acolytes all bear linkages…
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The Crumbling Iraq
With national moral at its lowest, disregard to human life acutest, tendency to death, destruction and deformity sharpest, present day Iraq defies all logic, reviles all common sense, and bedevils all humanity: George W.…
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Iraq Falls Apart
With national moral at its lowest, disregard to human life acutest, tendency to death, destruction and deformity sharpest, present day Iraq defies all logic, reviles all common sense, and bedevils all humanity: George W.…
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Palestine’s Down Syndrome
Quite on the road to an identity, Palestine has yet to recover from its own down syndrome to face challenges to its very existence and identity as a sovereign nation in the near future.…
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Behind Iran’s Nuclear Imbroglio
George W Bush’s multifaceted stand on Iran has thrown a real challenge to his well-wishers in international arena as to consider him as a diplomat of gigantic stature and historical significance or a downright…
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Pope’s Vitriol Against Islam
In a year’s time first there were the cartoons and then the Pope himself celebrating despondency to damage social harmony between Muslims and Christians across the globe. The global outcry over the audacious cartoons…
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The Message of Muharram
The paramount passion of Islamic Culture is a believer’s desire to sacrifice everything in the way of God. “Say surely, my prayers, my sacrifices, my life and death are all of Allah, the Lord…
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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…
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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9/11 of Pakistan
If gruesome murder in Peshawar of 149 people including 132 students, many of whom being under aged, does not start our war against terror and we still allow certain depraved minds among us to…
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Zardari’s Watershed US Visit
The singular message president Zardari has given to the West in his semi official tour to the US is that Pakistan can’t fail in its war against terror. The visit that took place in…
Latest from International Affairs
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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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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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