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[Covid] Positive Life

Nasal swab, oh my God, that sterile stick when rotated inside the nostril gives goosebumps One day in May/Ramadan my throat started behaving ugly. Later...

Regional Implications of Taliban’s capture of Kabul

Henry John Temple once said, “We have no eternal allies, and we have no perpetual enemies. Our interests are eternal and perpetual, and those...

Quranic Perspective of Beauty

The Holy Quran has time and again emphasized on “Ihsan”, which means to do things in a beautiful way. The word “Ihsan” has been...

Greed and Consumption: Why the World is Burning

Rome is scorching hot. This beautiful city is becoming unbearable for other reasons, too. Though every corner of the beaming metropolis is a monument...

The example of Hussain

The month of Muharram marks the start of the Hijri calender. All the twelve months of this calendar are significant but the Quran has...

The call from the desert

On the tenth of Muharram 61 AH, an unparalleled, unforgettable, everlasting event took place on the bank of river Euphrates at Karbala, which saw...

Hazrat Hurr as the Symbol of Hope in Our Existential Battles of Life

The battle of Karbala is indeed one of the most important as well as terrible events ever in the annals of Islam. Such is...

The forgotten message of Ashura

Karbala is a metaphor for courage, fortitude, truth telling. The sacrifice of Imam Hussain, the grandson of Hazrat Rasool-e-Akram, the crown prince of the...

The achievements of Mian Bashir Ahmed Larvi

A Darvesh holds the reins of time like steed, He brings sun, stars and moon to book with speed. Zarb e Kaleem Mian Bashir Ahmed Larvi (November...

America’s Wild Goose Chase

It was beyond the world’s imagination that a day would dawn upon Afghanistan when Kabul falls back to Taliban after protracted bloodshed with the...

US foreign policy adrift: Why Washington no longer calls the shots

Jonah Goldberg and Michael Ledeen have much in common. They are both writers and also cheerleaders for military interventions and, often, for frivolous wars....

Afghanistan is a dangerous flashpoint for the entire region

Afghanistan’s cities are falling like a pack of cards before the Taliban. This rampant capture of cities and districts takes our memories back to...

Pandemics of the Future, or, the Future of Pandemics

Based on evidence of the plethora of adverse effects of Covid-19, scientific experts and government agencies have been compelled to take into account what...

Media: The Jinn that has to be tamed

The importance of media in today's age is obvious. With the help of technology, various media have transformed this vast planet into a global...

The Afghanistan Labyrinth

The USA invaded Afghanistan in 2001 intending to drive out the Taliban with the help of the Northern Alliance. Twenty years later, they are...

The Little Talked About Covid-19 ‘Variants’: Vaccine Mismanagement Will Have Dire Repercussions

Do you remember the United Nations Millennium Development Goals? If not, you are not alone. These ambitious goals, which included the eradication of “extreme poverty...

Justice for the Wattals & Choppans of Kashmir

The constitutional status of being a Scheduled Caste (SC) or Scheduled Tribe (ST) brings a lot of legal protection against caste-based violence as well 10th...

Book Review: A critique of Pakistan’s diplomacy

Hostility: A Diplomat’s Diary on Pakistan-India Relations by Abdul Basit Harper Collins Publishers, Noida The latest book to offer insight into India-Pakistan relations is ‘Hostility:...

The Objects invoked as Witnesses in the Quran

When Allah swears by something or uses it as witness for something, Allah actually forces man to think and ponder about the world within...

CPEC and the ‘containment of China’

The USA is withdrawing from Afghanistan without achieving its major strategic aims; one of which was the containment of China. The operation in Afghanistan...

Coronavirus and anxiety – the supervillain duo of the century

Coronavirus has caused a great deal of anxiety, but anxiety could cause a great deal more than coronavirus Anxiety can trigger our fight-or-flight response, which...

Abode of peace and tranquillity

The confinement to the four walls of the house in the wake of the Covid pandemic has also caused a great urge to escape...

So much of Asia now hinges on Afghanistan

The delicate but opportune situation that has emerged in the wake of Taliban’s re-emergence calls for embracing the reality of geo-economic rather than the...

Why schools and coaching centers should be opened now in J&K

Governments are being swayed by the fake and now discredited narrative that the third wave would affect children disproportionately There is sufficient evidence that vaccination...

The Politics of Cheering and Booing: On Palestine, Solidarity and the Tokyo Olympics

When the Palestinian Olympic delegation of five athletes - adorned in traditional Palestinian attire and carrying the Palestinian flag - crossed into the Tokyo’s...

Ladies, do not blame it on hormones

Last month I visited a diagnostic center in Delhi for a routine check-up. While waiting for the radiologist, I managed to lay hands on...

Man’s Obsession with Greed

One of the most revealing insights about our life is found in Sura ut Takasur wherein Allah addresses mankind in these words: “You are...

Has Kashmir changed since 5th August 2019?

It is the second anniversary of the unprecedented constitutional and administrative changes that took place in the erstwhile state of Jammu & Kashmir on...

Why fear when Allah is there

Allah has created you complete and beautiful. If you're not able to put your emotions into words, that's okay, for Allah knows everything you reveal...

While we take care of everyone, who will take care of us?

Women are blessed with myriad qualities. They are told to take care of others but no one tells them how to take care of...

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