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  • Power Above Law

    By S. J. Hussain | Published October 9, 2026

    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

    By Syed Javed Hussain

    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

    Media and Islamophobia

    By Syeda Maham Fatima

    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

    Legacy of a general

    By Syed Javed Hussain

    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

    By Rasheed Ahmed Chughtai | Originally published November 11, 2013

    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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  • America’s Frankenstein’s Monsters

    America’s Frankenstein’s Monsters

    By Syed Javed Hussain | Originally published April 29, 2005

    The US President George W Bush is trying to create yet another monster in the Middle East like his father’s predecessor, Ronald Reagan, in Afghanistan who supported and sustained the resistance movement in Afghanistan…

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  • Common Heritage of All Mankind

    By Syed Javed Hussain | Originally published April 15, 2005

    The message of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) is so universal,multifaceted, all encompassing and pervasive that it has become the common heritage of all mankind. Without being conscious of its indebtedness to him the humanity…

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  • Iraq at the Crossroads

    Iraq at the Crossroads

    By Syed Javed Hussain | Originally published April 13, 2005

    With the representation of six religious, four nationalist and Kurd, and three secular parties in the 275-member Parliament, Iraqis are evenly poised at the critical juncture of their national life, prestige and honour to…

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  • Israel’s New Roadblocks to Road-map

    By Syed Javed Hussain | Originally published March 30, 2005

    Cynicism is idealism gone sore in the face of reality.’ In case of the Middle East there are so many variables of reality that even the most optimists will shudder to bet on any…

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  • US Tunnel Vision on Iran

    By Syed Javed Hussain | Originally published March 20, 2005

    Divorced of legitimacy, devoid of common sense, bereft of ingenuity and totally biased and partial is how one can sum up US stance on Iran’s nuclear issue. It completely ignores other UN resolutions on…

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  • Iran’s Nuclear Triangle

    Iran’s Nuclear Triangle

    By Dr Syed Javed Hussain | Originally published February 27, 2005

    Encircling Iran by maintaining its military presence in five of the seven countries sharing borders with Iran, the US seems to be working overtime to neutralize Iran’s ‘nuclear triangle’ so that the effects of…

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  • From Mecca to Karbala

    By Syed Javed Hussain

    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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  • Al-Ghadir: A Message of Muslim Unity & Reconciliation

    Al-Ghadir: A Message of Muslim Unity & Reconciliation

    By Rasheed Ahmad Chughtai

    On the most jubilant occasion (مهرجان الغدير العالمي الثالث) of the day of Ghadir, felicitations of immense volume and profundity to all the Muslims over the world are on board. It is prayed that…

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  • The Message of Muharram

    By Dr Syed Javed Hussain

    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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  • Power Above Law

    By S. J. Hussain | Published October 9, 2026

    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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  • Geo News TV Reporter Killed in a Terrorist Attack

    Geo News TV Reporter Killed in a Terrorist Attack

    By Syed Javed Hussain

    Wali Khan Babar, Geo News TV reporter was killed in Liaqat Bagh, Karachi today on the 13th January, 2011 at 7 PM GMT while he was returning from his office after a very hectic…

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  • Benazir Bhutto’s Assassination was Preventable

    By Syed Javed Hussain

    A three-member U.N. fact finding Commission headed by Chilean U.N. Ambassador Heraldo Munoz, looking into the circumstances leading to Ms Benazir Bhuttos assassination in Rawalpindi, a city adjoining Islamabad, capital of Pakistan, on 15…

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