What is Jamaat-e-Islami?
Election season makes all political parties “alike”. All parties suddenly start appearing “constitutional” and “charter-oriented”. The flag of serving the nation comes in the hands...
Shahnawaz Farooqi
Creativity
Creativity is so fundamental to human life that life cannot be imagined without it. Iqbal said: اپنی دنیا آپ پیدا کر اگر زندوں میں ہے...
Ouspensky, Love and Mir Taqi Mir
Although we are “followers” of Hasan Askari and Saleem Ahmad, we have no desire to stage a fight between creative and intellectual wrestlers. There should...
Alvin Toffler’s Theory of Clash of Civilizations
In the Western world nowadays, theories regarding the “clash of civilizations” are gaining much popularity. In this regard, Fukuyama’s book ‘End of History’ and Samuel...
The War of Independence of 1857 and Harsh Realities
America and its allies committed aggression against Iraq, claiming that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction that posed a threat to the security of...
Education and Business
In much of human history, education was never a commodity. During the time of Socrates, around 300 BC, his method of education involved gathering people,...
The Influences of Western Civilization
The dominance of modern Western civilization has created three kinds of experiences in the world. The first experience is that the Western civilization and its...
Who Made the Nation Hold the Begging Bowl?
The sphere of scholars revolves around knowledge and its propagation. Thus, scholars look good while talking about knowledge. If scholars start talking about trading instead...
The Culture of Backbiting and its Foundations
Our common life experience is that wherever a few people gather before you know it, an intense “backbiting conference” starts. These backbiting conferences have a...
Slaves of Enemies and Enemies of the Nation
While describing Muʾmin, Iqbal had said: ہو حلقۂ یاراں تو بریشم کی طرح نرم رزمِ حق و باطل ہو تو فولاد ہے مومن (If he...