By Chandra Muzaffar Massacre has become a habit. Every two or three years, Israel launches a massive military assault upon largely unarmed Palestinians in Gaza. It did this in December 2008 to January 2009. It did it again in November 2012. On each occasion hundreds of Palestinians are murdered and thousands more maimed. Every time, Israel…
Musings from Karachi By Amar Jaleel Translated from Urdu by Maqbool Ahmed Siraj The story goes back to days prior to Partition. I and Asha were students at the Ratan Talao Primary School on Temple Road. The school was ranked among the best primary schools of Karachi. It still stands there very much, but is…
Abu Tariq Hijazi No one in history ever conquered North Africa from east to west in a short period of one decade. But Uqba bin Nafe did it during the second half of the first century Hijrah. If Amr ibn Al Aas is called the conqueror of Egypt, Uqba bin Nafe can be called the…
Verdict on Section 377 Nothing in the judgment targets any group, but supporters of Western agenda miss no opportunity to plump for complete disintegration of institutions of family and marriage. By Maqbool Ahmed Siraj Much of the outrage being poured out against the Supreme Court judgment upholding the legality of the Section 377 of the…
By A Staff Writer The Govt. of India has made provision of 15% of all allocations for social development from all schemes in ministries such as education, housing health for minorities. The Government of India had accepted 72 of the 76 recommendations of the Report presented by the Rajinder Sachar Committee. Of these 69 are…
Good marriages require patience, kindness, humility, sacrifice, empathy, love, understanding, forgiveness, and hard work. Following these principles should help any marriage to improve. By Ibrahim Bowers Many husbands and wives treat each other like adversaries rather than partners. The husband feels that he is the boss, and whatever he says goes. The wife feels that…
It was a Sunday ritual for me to sit and take care of the poor. A line of needy people would pass in front of my house. I was fascinated by one such person, he did not have arms and limbs from the base of the body, and he was just a torso with a…
