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True History of Raja Dahir

By Majid Maqsood • Sep 16th, 2011 • Category: Politics

Translation of the first chapter of Ghulam Murtaza Syed, “Warrior Heros of Sindh” (‘Sindh ja Suuriya’).  The translation from the original Sindhi monograph is by Gul Agha.]
1. Prologue
2. The Nature of the Conquerors
3. Arabian Penninsula before the Prophet
4. What Followed the Death of the Prophet
5. The Banu Umaya Empire
6. Victory of Islam?
7. Love of One’s [...]



Pakistani- A Notion or Nation

By Majid Maqsood • Aug 26th, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Afraad k haathon mein hai Aqwaam ki taqdeer…..Har fard hai millat k muqaddar ka sitara. (Iqbal)
(Individuals hold the destiny of nations. Every person is fortune-star of his nation)
Allama Iqbal, great poet of the East, gave this idea for his nation, the Muslim community of sub-continent Indo- Pak, many decades ago. According to him, every individual [...]



Devil of IT Devices in UK

By Majid Maqsood • Aug 13th, 2011 • Category: Politics

The current situation of UK riots has uncovered the silly dream of our society to upgrade the life style and intellect of fresh generation through accessibility to modern technology.
Prime Minister of UK Mr. David Cameron has condemned the upbringing of those children , as according to him, those involved in such reprehensible and despoiled activities, [...]



Political Suicide of Muslim League (N) in Sindh

By Majid Maqsood • Apr 27th, 2011 • Category: Politics

Chief Minister Punjab Mr. Shahbaz Sharif has stated that his party does not have any objection for making more provinces in Country and right from Sindh Karachi may be made separate province.
People of this country are so surprised on his statement for demanding more province in the context of Sindh, renowned writer of Punjab Hassan [...]



Discrimination with Small Provinces in Pakistan

By Majid Maqsood • Apr 8th, 2011 • Category: Politics

According to the charter of UN state has  to provide all rights to its Nation but Pakistan is a country where there is no concept of Nation ruling and privilege class has occupied  all resources of the country and Indigenous people of small provinces are badly discriminated and deprived, and voice of these people have [...]



Murder of Shahbaz Bhatti

By Majid Maqsood • Mar 5th, 2011 • Category: Politics

All those people who are indulged in terrorist activities do not know exactly repercussion of such terrorism, and their own version of Islam is not being recognized by and large but its indeed colossal loss of true Muslim living around the world. These people have established this ideology if the person who disagrees or objects [...]



Raymond Davis and Role of our Media

By Majid Maqsood • Feb 17th, 2011 • Category: Politics

I have been reading all reports appeared in different Newspapers and watching almost all discussion on our channels just after the shot dead two people by Raymond Davis in Lahore. On very first moments Geo TV showed eye witness who was saying ” there were two persons and both having pistols chased the Gora (English [...]



Talk of Revolution

By Majid Maqsood • Feb 7th, 2011 • Category: Politics

Many politicians, columnists and pundits are saying Pakistan is going to face revolution but mostly people living in the country do not know what is meaning of revolution ?  Many people are happy that such revolution may be in their favor and no doubt it would lead change but not in the [...]



Demand for more Provinces and new version of MQM

By Majid Maqsood • Feb 2nd, 2011 • Category: Politics

MQM chief Altaf Hussain has strongly a demand for more provinces and it has hurt to the people of Sindh. MQM is considered ethnic party but in recent time many people from interior Sindh have joined mqm on her new version that mqm represents whole country and its no more ethnic party.
MQM has been enjoying [...]



Target Killing in Karachi and Role of Islamabad

By Majid Maqsood • Jan 26th, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Who runs Sindh? It was open secret for the people of Sindh but recent statement of Home Minister Sindh Dr Zulfiqar Mirza saying, he does not know who does operation in Karachi has left many questions unanswered?  Federal Home Minister Rehman Malik also endorsed the statement of Dr Mirza that he is right because operation [...]