Syed Ishrat Husain

The seventeen-day war in 1965 caused thousands of casualties on both sides and witnessed the largest engagement of armoured vehicles and the largest tank battle since World War II. The hostilities between the two countries ended after a ceasefire was declared following diplomatic intervention by the Soviet Union and USA. On September 22, 1965Zulfiqar Ali […]

In The Name of Allah, The Beneficent, The Merciful. Sending our greetings of peace, prayers and salutations upon the Master of the Martyrs Peace be upon the intimate friend of Allah, and His beloved! Peace be upon the close friend of Allah, and His confidant! Peace be upon the choicest confidant of Allah, and the […]

History of religious or sectarian conversions is quite long. However forced conversion that occurred after the seventh century generally took place during riots and massacres carried out by mobs and clergy without support of the rulers. In contrast, royal persecutions of Jews from the late eleventh century onward generally took the form of expulsions, with […]

When I speak to Muslims in Pakistan, they say you cannot discuss the Islamic laws its blasphemous, not agreeing with them is blasphemous, not following the Quran the way they are following is blasphemous, not believing in all of the Ashabs of the Prophet Mohammad is blasphemous, and not praying the way they pray is […]

The events in Srebrenica in 1995 included the killing of more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslim. The genocides of 2.7 to 3 million Polish Jews and 1.8 to 2.77 million non-Jewish ethnic Poles. The systematic killing of the Christian Ottoman Greek population carried out in Anatolia during World War I and its aftermath (1914-1922) on the […]

Normal rainfall in Karachi in the month of August is 68 millimetres. This year it has recorded 587.5 millimetres according to Meteorological Department. In one day the city received more than 23 centimetres of rain, the highest on record in a single day. Karachi has been hit by natural disasters before, yet the effects of […]

The day of Ashura is marked by Muslims as a whole, but for Shia Muslims it is a major religious commemoration of the martyrdom at Karbala of Hussein Ibn e Ali, grandson of the Prophet Mohammad pbuh. The Karbala tragedy became the event, as a symbol of the victory of the oppressive majority over the […]

The schism between the two forms of Islam was in the process of forming upon the death of the Prophet Mohammad pbuh. Different branches of the same religion are the exception more than the rule, and they have had a profound impact upon history. Soon afterwards the death of Prophet Muhammad pbuh, those who believed […]

There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.When I look back at my school days,I can only recall a grotesque impression of Jews, nothing positive about them, and I am afraid after four decades it hasn’t change much. Religious hate and bigotry has been […]

Religious and cultural festivals were events of social significance, Lohri, Basant, Holi, Baisakhi, Dussehra, Diwali, Gurpurav and Muharram were symbols of a composite culture.Tthe principal fairs of Lahore were those of Besakhi, Basant, Dussehra and Mela Chiraghan.Basant mela in January-February in the precints of the mausoleum of Madho Lal Husain near Shalamar Gardens. The Muslims […]