Kashgar cast out of Islamic map on August 22, 2011The map of the Pan-Islamic World, drawn by Dr Muhammad Iqbal, an Islamic philosopher and poet — whom Pakistan owns as its national poet and visionary of its existence — categorically included Kashgar when he says in one of his famous couplets: “Aik ho Muslim haram ki pasbani ke liye, Neel ke sahil say le […]
We are living in a Taliban state on August 10, 2011Recently, a police SHO barged into Nairang Gallery located on Jail Road, Lahore, which is an art gallery-cum-rendezvous spot for the city’s social and cultural elite, intelligentsia and artistic and bohemian classes, and harassed the staff as well as visitors and customers present for violating the ‘holiness’ of Ramzan. According to him, food and beverages […]