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Originally posted by Hashim

A lot is being said about how “change” has come to the United States of America. How an African American of Kenyan descent made it to the White house. How his motto of “Change we need” struck the hearts of all the people who voted for him. And we, we sit here [...]

Continued from Part 1…

مجھے کہانیوں کی کتابیں پڑھنے کا بھی شوق تھا۔ باغ و بہار (قصہ چہار درویش) حاتم طائی، طلسم ہو شربا اور عبد الحلیم شرر کے سب ناول پڑھ ڈالے تھے۔ ساتویں جماعت کے امتحان کے قریب میرے ہاتھ الف لیلہ لگ گئی اور یہ کتاب مجھے اتنی اچھی لگی کہ رات گئے [...]

اقبال، ایک باپ کی حیثیت سے
جسٹس ڈاکٹر جاوید اقبال

میں نے سنا ہے کہ میری پیدائش سے چند سال قبل ابا جان حضرت شیخ احمد سرہندی مجددِ الف ثانی کی بارگاہ میں حاضر ہوئے اور دعا کی کہ اللہ تعالیٰ انھیں ایک بیٹا عطا کرے۔ آپ نے حضرت مجدد سے یہ عہد بھی کیا کہ اگر [...]

Originally posted by Faisal Irfan Mian
The small village of Nawakille (pop. few thousand) outside the frontier city of Peshawar in Pakistan boasts something that no other in the world can. Over the last half century, the village that does not have a single squash court, has produced six world number ones in the sport. In [...]

According to a news post on the Helicopters Association International, Lahore’s Allama Iqbal International Airport has most recently installed the latest Runway Visual Range (RVR) system by Belfort Instrument Company for better visibility and safe aircraft landings during harsh weather conditions. All this makes landings in Lahore a bit more safer if you just exclude [...]

Pakistan’s fastest friend, China has announced to launch a telecommunication satellite, named PakSat-1R, for Pakistan in year 2011. The satellite’s chief contractor China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC) has lately reported that a Long March 3B rocket will be used to put the satellite into orbit. It will launch from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre [...]

I must admit that it felt really nice going down memory lane while reading this lovely article by Afzal. True, there is perhaps no time in our life better than our childhood, which we can’t get back…but would it be too much to wish for a stable and calm Pakistan? Or was that all an [...]