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UK and Pakistan - Natural Allies

By Tazeen • Feb 3rd, 2012 • Category: Politics

Let me tell you something which might surprise the politicians and die-hard fanatics in the Pakistan, but that would be so common sense to the common people and especially for those who are expatriates, and their families back home.
Pakistan and the United Kingdom have always been natural allies. Both nations have got a rich, sweet, [...]



Ramadan Special

By Nisar Khattak • Aug 24th, 2011 • Category: Features

Let us recall the vision of Allama Iqbal, serving a warning that fate of a nation would remain unchanged unless the people themselves secure it. A lot many examples of the thesis can be cited across the globe and in annals of history. However, a way forward may be found in a country where people [...]



Iqbal wasn’t selfish but we are

By Rai Azlan • Nov 11th, 2010 • Category: Politics

It has been a freezing cold day and I was sitting in bank to see my personal banker. A boy came and sat beside me and got busy in filling some forms. “What is the date today?” a question-oriented voice hit my listening senses. I replied its November 9th. Boy suddenly responded, “Hay its Iqbal [...]



CHANGE: yes we can!

By Fatima Saleem • Apr 25th, 2010 • Category: Politics

Exceptions aside, in general the duplicitous, ineffectual leadership we have, in and out of power show the exact representation of the public at large in terms of conduct & virtuous behavior. For proof compare the first & the last page of every daily newspaper, it gives simulating characters of leaders on the front page & [...]



A Poem on Prophet Muhammad (s.a.a.w.) by Allama Iqbal

By amicus • Mar 25th, 2010 • Category: Misc

He slept on a mat of rushes,
But the crown of Chosroes lay beneath the feet of his followers;
He chose the nightly solitude of Mount Hira,
And founded a nation, law and government;
He passed his nights with sleepless eyes,
That his Millet might sleep on Chosroes throne
In the hour of battle, iron was melted by the flash of [...]



Create Your Own Position

By Rai Azlan • Nov 11th, 2009 • Category: Features

9th November was the day when the thinker of nation Dr. Allama Muhammad Iqbal, 132 years ago, born. Many things have been written so far, and for now when I am writing this many things must have been said. This year, as always, I was in quest of an answer that is IQBALISM still alive [...]



Iqbal Ka Shaheen

By M Mirza • May 7th, 2009 • Category: Politics (Urdu)


ALLAMA IQBAL (Poet of East) and present situation

By Asad Ghauri • Apr 23rd, 2009 • Category: Politics

Asalam Alaikum,
Today is 71st Death Anniversary of  ALLAMA IQBAL, a person whose thinking is still a land mark to follow for muslims. let see some interesting poety of ALLAMA MUHAMMAD IQBAL which fits to present situation.
“Dunya ko hay phir Muarka e Rooh wo Badan Paish
Tehzeeb nay phir apnay darindo ko ubhara
ALLAH ko pamardi-e-Momin pa bharosa
iblees [...]



Renewal of the Pakistani Oath; the Red-Letter Day!

By Maham Javed • Mar 23rd, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

“The Hindus and Muslims belong to two different religious philosophies, social customs and literature. They neither intermarry nor inter-dine together, and indeed they belong to two different civilizations which are based mainly on conflicting ideas and conceptions.”
Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the man of honor, the man of our dreams who brought this country and this nation [...]



Quaid-e-Azam, M.A.Jinnah: A Man for All Seasons

By Asim • Dec 25th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

To achieve your own dreams it takes a lifetime but to achieve the dream of millions, it’s a feat only a few can perform in the history of mankind. And Jinnah was one of them. And to achieve that one has to rise above the fear and display courage. The ability and skills which he [...]