Mushroom is also known as toadstool, it’s a fleshy, spore -bearing fruiting body. The term “mushroom” and its variations may have been derived from the French word mousseron in reference to moss (mousse). The main types of this macro fungi are : Pleurotus ostreatus, Lentinula edodes, Agaricus bisporus, Flammulina velutipes and Auricularia auricular, and medicinal […]
Travelling is awesome and writing travel diaries is exhilarating. Seeing people talking, arguing, observing their moods acts as a companion to the solitary traveller. The story which is going to unfold belongs to one of these journeys. On one fine sunny day, a girl sitting next to me was looking out of the window and […]
Jamal Khashoggi was assassinated at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2, 2018, by operatives of the Saudi government. He lived in exile in the US; he wanted to marry and needed some paperwork from the Kingdom. He had allegedly received assurances from the crown prince’s brother, Prince Khalid bin Salman, who was ambassador […]
At a glance, it may appear that the split of Arab political parties in Israel is consistent with a typical pattern of political and ideological divisions which have afflicted the Arab body politic for many years. This time, however, the reasons behind the split are quite different. As Israel readies for its fourth general elections […]
We may have excelled almost in every field but I still feel, rather I have experienced, that we are way behind in one of the most important fields: education. I was strolling along the narrow, patchy road of my village when I met an elder neighbour after a long time. He was happy to see […]
A big question that has remained unanswered is why we were created? What is the reason behind our existence? I asked a few people the question. Some said we were created to suffer, some said we were made to praise God. But I say, why does God need us to praise Him? He is the […]
The progeny of Adam is a mere toy of mud if bereft of emotions. Had there been no emotions among the framework of bones and muscles, then man would have been only living in a physiological cage. Emotions elevate man many notches ahead of angels. Allah states in the holy Quran, “Verily, we have created […]
How insane Waseem Rizwi must be to suggest that the Quran promotes terrorism. If an obsessive lover kills for the “sake of love”, you don’t brand love to be in “crisis”, even though people have been killing in the name of love for centuries. For the past several years the world has been fixated on […]
Generally speaking, mass media are tools for the transfer of information or ideas to both the general and a specific public. As we are living in an age of information explosion, the role of mass media is even more important and crucial in setting the agenda and the representation of information and ideas. Experts of […]
Human life is governed by several laws and regulations. Their purpose is to make life secure and comfortable and also to make sure that we discharge our duties and obligations towards society properly. Human civilisation, right from its start, has progressed and climbed the ladder of growth and prosperity only because of obeying the laws […]