These are the worst of times. I sometimes think perhaps these are the times which the Prophet (SAW) warned us about. The time where ‘Fitna’ will be common and will be initiated by the Ulema and will end in them as well. All you need to do is look around you to understand how true this is today. There are fatwa’s after fatwa’s that negate each other, people without knowledge
“And the gardens and the agreeable pavilions which had been erected about the grounds, which all vied with the heavens in grandeur, were now found suitable to the royal taste. In fact never before had a garden of such magnificent description been seen or heard of; for the buildings alone of this earthly Paradise had been erected at an outlay of six lakhs of rupees” (ibid., 298). One of the
It has finally happened. Pakistani film makers have woken up to the new century and are taking charge of the industry. First it was the drama industry that saw a turn around and now it’s our film industry. There are skeptics that say these few films which are coming out, and the couple that have succeeded, are just a flash in the pan but I am not one of them.
Another magnificent structure from the Mughal era that still stands is the Rohtas fort, or Qila-e-Rohtas, as it is also known. The fort was ordered to be built in 1541 by Sher Sha Suri after he defeated the Mughal emperor Humayun. Sher Sha Suri built the fort at the strategic location of Rohtas. The fort lies on the Grand Trunk Road between the mountainous region of Afghanistan and the plains
‘Pakistan is this and Pakistan is that!’ ‘There is nothing to do in Pakistan other than just go visit relatives!’ That’s what we Pakistan-lovers usually get to hear from the haters! But that is just not true my friends. Pakistan is so much more than a place to go for just visiting relatives! Pakistan has places to see and things to do that are sure to amuse even the harshest
So my Misbah haters, what do you say now? Everyone who knows me knows that I have always admired Misbah for his contribution to Pakistani Cricket. It was him who steered the country out of the 2010 spot fixing disaster. It is him who has led the team on most occasions when the team was not playing on home soil. And during all this turbulence he was performing. He was
Launched on the 15th of June, 2014 operation Zarb-e-Azb is a joint military offensive by the Pakistani armed forces being carried out to eliminate the terrorist outfits in North Waziristan. This new operation is an addition to the armed offensives being carried out in the North Western part of Pakistan. Part of the ongoing war in North-West Pakistan, Zarb e Azab employs around 30,000 troops and is being dubbed as
It was supposed to be the day that would change the political landscape of Pakistan, the day that would revitalize the PPP and a day that would launch Bilawal as the new leader of the PPP and Pakistan. 18th October was supposed to be all that and much more but it failed to be anything more than just a farce. It felt like everything at the mega PPP jalsa at
The year was 1992. It was the semifinal of the World Cup, and Pakistan needed 153 from 15 overs to win, when an inexperienced 22 year old appeared at the crease. All hope was lost. But then this young talent produced a magnificent innings and made 60 off just 37 balls to shoot Pakistan to victory and into the finals. This man, now legend, was none other than our own
As per the Encyclopedia Britannica, “Although there was a clear Muslim majority in Kashmir before the 1947 partition and its economic, cultural, and geographic contiguity with the Muslim-majority area of the Punjab (in Pakistan) could be convincingly demonstrated, the political developments during and after the partition resulted in a division of the region….” Sixty eight years ago the maharaja of Kashmir decided to join India instead of Pakistan even though