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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 Hajj of Islam
Its prospect is tremendous. The occasion is unique in annals of human history. This passion play of believers in total submission to God shouting in unison ‘ Labaik AllaHuma Labaik ‘ can render huge…
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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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Al-Ghadir: A Message of Muslim Unity & Reconciliation
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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Lebanon’s Darkening Slide
Grappling with presidential vacuum, compounded by national disorientation that is further aggravated by mutual distrust, incrimination and loss of common sense as well as a national sense of urgency, Lebanon is sliding fast into…
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Bubbling Cauldron of Inhumanity
Reacting to the assessments of General Petraeus, ambassador RyanCrocke, crooked and partial to official lines though they were, Bush haspromised to withdraw US forces from Iraq starting from Dec. this year. Nothing, however, is…
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Bush’s Wrong Vietnam Prognosis
Violence and chaos cannot be explained because there always are more than one conflicting causes to breed them, however, in case of Iraq it is far from being difficult to point finger towards the…
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Latest from Islam
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Relevance of Imam Ali (AS)
Quite in the early days of Islam Imam Ali could see that prayers and fasting of a foolish and stolid person did not serve any purpose in Islam if they did not match its…
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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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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…
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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Pakistan’s Frankenstein Monsters
The whole world accuses us of bloodletting. We are in denial. Not only we have failed in catching up with the pace of events we set in motion unwittingly many decades ago, we are…
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Pervez Musharraf Plunges into Pakistan Politics Again
Gen. (Retd) Pervez Musharraf, former military dictator of Pakistan who ruled the country with iron hand for about eight years, is entering Pakistan politics through a brand new political party of his own making.…
Latest from International Affairs
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Living with Nuclear Iran
Anti-Iran passion seems to have befogged the Western intelligentsia to such an extent that far fetched and illusionary analogies are drawnbetween the collapse of the soviet empire and the opposition movement in Iran. Over…
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Massacre in Egypt
The Egyptian massacre of August 14, 2013, has only proved and further re-emphasised the fact that extremists, whether in the ranks of Islamists or secularists, have no regard for human life. It is the…
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Tens of Thousands Gather in Liberation Square
Tens of thousands gather in Liberation Square in Egypt today on Feb 4, 2011 demanding Mubarak’s immediate departure from Egypt. Under the watchful eyes of the whole world the Egyptians, fired up by their…
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