Category Archive: Politics

Nov
15
2011

When Will There be Tolerance towards Islam and Muslims?

A lot of the people hold bleak view about Islam. Recently, I had a discussion with someone having such an outlook. The conversation started with the primary question about what is Islam. I said that Islam is a religion to be understood, that it a way of life. Being a simplistic answer as it is, …

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Sep
09
2011

News of Bin Laden’s Death and Social Media’s Power of Communication

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I was about to sign out of my email account, when there appeared a new email in my inbox. I immediately opened it to check it out. It was from one of the citizen journalism social networking sites I am a member of. All it said without any details to the information was that Bin …

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Feb
10
2011

Download Quaid-e-Azam – Zindagi Ke Dilchasp Aur Sabaq Aamoz Waaqiyat by Zia Shahid

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قائد اعظم کی یادیں ہمارے لئے قیمتی سرمایہ ہیں۔ انہی یادوں کو ضیا شاہد نے اس کتاب کی شکل دی ہے،جو اس قابل ہیں کی نئی نسل کے سامنے لائیں جائیں کیوں کہ جس شخصیت سے محبت اور عقیدت ہو اس کے بارے میں ایسے واقعات ہمیشہ شوق سے سنے اور بیان کئے جاتے ہیں۔ …

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Feb
04
2011

The Middle East “Re-solution”

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“Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny: they have only shifted it to another shoulder” … some wise words by one of the wisest of the 20th century and how I do not wish to disagree Mr. G.B.Shaw for he spoke my heart out decades ago. One of the great revolutions of the last …

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Jan
27
2011

Download Quaid-e-Azam – Muhammad Ali Jinnah – Beesween Sadi Ka Sab Se Bara Insan by Sardar Muhammad Chaudhry

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یہ کتاب ‘بیسویں صدی کا سب سے بڑا انسان’ سردار محمد چوہدری کے قلم سے لکھی گئی داستان ہے، ایسا قلم جس کی نوک کو قائد اعظم کے زندہ اور روشن افکار نے تراشا ہے۔ کتاب کے ابتداِئی حصے میں قائد اعظم کی با اصول اور تیز نگاہ شخصیت اپنی پوری توانائیوں کے ساتھ نظر …

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Mar
16
2009

An Afterthought

Taking advantage of a rather long weekend my cousin’s family had come to spent their Sunday with us. With them was their beautiful little daughter who barely started speaking a couple of months back. Like most Pakistani families this past Sunday, we spent most of our day huddled around the television watching the developing political …

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