Our blindfolded youthBy: Taha Najeeb on January 30, 2019Imagine a young boy, in his early teens, who lives in a ghetto of a big city. Every day he goes to a run-down government school where he is asked, often by an uninspiring underpaid teacher, to learn everything by rote. On exam day, this poor soul is expected to reproduce, verbatim, all the Urdu […]
I am not myself either!By: Ali Jan Maqsood on January 30, 2019I had heard as a child lot that chameleons always sit on a branch of a tree and start counting the days of the week. It wonders, “When the ninth day of the week comes, I will eat the entire humanity and finish it off.” It wanted to be the sole king of the entire […]
A good deed always paysBy: Adnan Maqsood on January 30, 2019Once there lived a man named Khalid with his wife Gulatoon and their two children Munib and Fatima. Khalid was an engineer and one of the richest persons in the society. Mahwish was Khalid’s neighbour who was working in Khalid’s home. She used to cook for the small family. She also had a son named […]
Ajoka Theatre pays tribute to Saadat Hasan MantoBy: Arsalan Haider on January 30, 2019Ajoka Theatre presented a befitting tribute to legend of Urdu short stories Saadat Hasan Manto with the performance of the classic Toba Tek Singh based on a famous short story written by him at Alhamra Arts Council on Tuesday. This was the inaugural performance of Day 2 of the Manto Drama Festival arranged by Lahore […]
Celebrating Khawaja Moinuddin Chishti’s message of love, peace and generosityBy: Afza Raheel on January 29, 2019Khawaja Moinuddin Chishti (RA) was born to a respected family who were descendants of Hazrat Ali (RA) through his sons Hazrat Imam Hassan and Hazrat Imam Hussain. He was born birth in the village of Sanjar in 537AH which still exists today. His father’s name was Khawaja Ghayasuddin and his mother was Bibi Umulvara. She […]
A message to Pakistani liberalsBy: Taha Najeeb on January 29, 2019I commend your spirit of introspection. Self-criticism is the primary instrument of course-correction for a society, especially a society as large and as troubled as ours. It is commendable when you roll up your sleeves, say every anniversary of the 1965 or ’71 – wars we fought with India – and point to our follies […]
Men are not superior to womenBy: Zeeshan Nasir on January 29, 2019As Allah says in the holy Quran ,”O Man! Fear your Lord who has created you from a single soul, then from it created its mate and from these two, spread the creation of countless men and women. Fear Allah through whom you demand your mutual rights and do not cut relations of the womb. […]
Canada ranked #1 country in the world for quality of life on January 29, 2019Canada has been named the third best country in the world. It has also been named the #1 country in the world in 2019 for quality of life for the fourth year in a row. Overall, Canada also ranked as the third best country in the world for women, third for education and second for […]
God and the blind manBy: Fazal Baloch on January 28, 2019In his late middle age, one day he felt that everything around him was out of proportion. Initially, he did not disclose it to anybody and waited for the things to get back to the track themselves. But such did not happen. He noticed that earlier when he went to bed, he would continue to […]
A thoughtful worldBy: Ali Jan Maqsood on January 28, 2019Migration began from our society. All residents packed their belongings and got ready for moving towards the east. We were also in the same parade going towards the east along with the rest. We got into the river which was surrounded by trees. Birds were chirping above. A fellow traveller informed that these were not […]