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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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Conflicting Vision of Lebanon
Unless the vision is diabolically twisted not to register any change in the expanse of panorama in the front or it is jangled by some devilish thoughts convincing someone that his/her actions are of…
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Lunacy Unbounded
As if Afghanistan, Palestine, Lebanon and Iraq were not enough nemesis for George W Bush challenging his Christian morality, there is yet another talk of strikes on Iran’s nuclear installations. There have already been…
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Correction in US Foreign Policy
There come moments in leaders’ lives when they rise above the bonds of their own selves and prove their mettle by protecting and serving their national interests. History keeps their memories alive and, respecting…
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Failure of International Diplomacy
The US has finally succeeded in getting Iran referred to the UNSC for possible sanctions due to unsolved row over its Nuclear Programme, however, it has exposed many a weakness of international diplomacy that…
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Terrorism and the Muslim World
It is construed in certain circles of Western intelligentsia that as things had gone badly wrong in the lands of Islam as compared with Christendom in the course of twentieth century the political Islam,…
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Understanding the Root Cause of Terrorism
Without understanding the root cause of terrorism Muslims are being stereotyped by Americans as terrorists or terrorists in the making. Nothing can be far from the truth. However, the unfortunate incidents like the Fort…
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Latest from Islam
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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…
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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…
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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Murder Mystery of SupremeCourt Judge’s Parents Solved
The mystery murder that shook the power echelons in Pakistan in which a Supreme Court of Pakistan’s senior judge’s parents were murdered on 11th January 2011 was solved in Lahore today 18th January, 20011…
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Energy Crisis of Pakistan Unrelenting
Pakistan is in deep trouble. It is more than the challenge terrorism posed to its integrity. The greater part of its population is already on streets of the country and is protesting against the…
Latest from International Affairs
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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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US and Iran Showdown Disastrous for the World
Encircling Iran by maintaining its military presence in five of the seven countries sharing borders with Iran, the US is already working overtime to neutralize Iran’s nuclear programme with threats or coaxing. Whereas, Israel,…
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