Dr Farooq Adil

India’s real plan

IS there a connection between the Prime Minister of Pakistan’s visit to Turkeyia and India’s aggressive, war-like actions against Pakistan? If we search for the…

Caught in the Middle

ONCE again, Pakistan finds itself walking a tightrope. Surrounded by powerful neighbours, pulled by historical alliances, and burdened by internal scars, the country stands at…

Thinker & architect of institutions

THE saying “Company of the great makes one great” comes vividly to life in the personality of Professor Khurshid Ahmad. His ancestral roots traced back…

A new political phase

IN a significant shift, electricity prices dropped sharply, sparking a political debate—not over the benefit, but over who deserves credit. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who…

Iqbal’s Payam-e-Mashriq: A timeless vision

IN 2017-18, during Pakistan Day celebrations at the President House, a debate arose about what should follow the recitation of the Holy Quran. I argued…

Few beautiful memories blessed by books

IT must have been around eight or a quarter past eight in the morning when a polite knock at the door disturbed my peaceful slumber.…

From Akif to Iqbal

THE tragedy of the Jafar Express had left us devastated when Dr.Khalil Toker’s smile appeared. Though currently in Pakistan, Dr. Toker is essentially a walking,…

Pak economic recovery & diplomatic resurgence

ISMAIL Merathi came to mind. He is considered a children’s Urdu poet, but his descriptions of natural phenomena are so vivid that one cannot help…

A lesson from Akora Khattak

THE fire that was ignited around us forty or fifty years ago has now reached Darul Uloom Haqqania, and Maulana Hamid-ul-Haq Haqqani, drenched in blood,…

Selling an author

BUY a book, or the author will be sold.” Brigadier Saulat Raza(Rtd) made this remark with a wry smile, which instantly reminded me of a…

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