The rise of TLP Muhammad Amir Rana SPECULATIONS persist regarding the future of the Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan after the demise of its chief Khadim Husain Rizvi. For many, this is the beginning of the end for the TLP as it has lost not only its leader but also the charisma he possessed. However, …
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Government and its people Khurram Husain NO government, whatever its make-up, can exist for very long if it is too far out of touch with the realities that the common citizenry has to endure. This was not true in earlier times when monarchs ruled the world, but states of that …
Read More »All education institutions to close down from Nov 26 as Covid-19 positivity rises
Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood has said that all educational institutions, including schools, colleges and tuition centres, will close down from November 26 (Thursday). Earlier today, the country’s education ministers met to review Pakistan’s Covid-19 outbreak and to take a final decision on extended winter vacations for school students. Addressing a …
Read More »EXPERT REVIEWSBye Bye Pakistan: UAE Welcomes ‘India & Israel’ & Kicks-Out ‘Old-Friend’ Pakistan From The Arab World
The immediate fallout of the normalization of ties between the UAE and Israel, since August 14, 2020, will be soon felt in Pakistan. There is growing speculation that Pakistan ex-pats would soon be dispatched back home from UAE, as well as from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), as there …
Read More »‘No summer vacations for Punjab students if winter leaves given’
If the government gives students winter vacations this year, we will have to reduce summer vacations to little or none, Punjab Education Minister Murad Raas told SAMAA TV on Friday. “I’m not in favour of giving winter vacations. Schools have just reopened after six months,” the minister said. Raas says …
Read More »No attempt to sabotage CPEC will succeed: China
ISLAMABAD: China on Friday appreciated the “positive contribution” of Pakistan to the international counterterrorism efforts and supported Islamabad’s crackdown on terrorists. Taking to the microblogging website, Twitter, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lijian Zhao also said that any attempt to sabotage the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project would not succeed. “China …
Read More »GB elections: Victorious independent candidate joins PTI
An independent candidate, who was declared victorious in recently held general elections in Gilgit Baltistan (GB), has joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). According to details, Wazir Saleem was declared winner from GBLA-9 Skardu-3 as an independent candidate. He announced to join PTI after meeting with the Chief Organiser Saifullah Khan, in …
Read More »Hostility towards Pakistan quickest route to national unity in India, says Obama
WASHINGTON: The quickest route to national unity in India is “expressing hostility toward Pakistan,” says Barack Obama, America’s first coloured president in his new book, “A Promised Land.” The book, released worldwide on Nov 17, also includes a pen portrait of former Indian prime minister, Manmohan Singh, whom he first …
Read More »Who Is Mukallaf (Legally Competent) and Ghair-Mukallaf (Non-Compos Mentis) in Islam?
Who Is Mukallaf (Legally Competent) and Ghair-Mukallaf (Non-Compos Mentis) in Islam? A Mukallaf is a person who is alive, free, sane (Aqil), adult (Baligh) Muslim and possessed of full legal capacity (Ahliyyat) and thus obligated to perform the general religious duties. (Ibn Najjar, Al-Kaukab al-Munir 1/338) The state of being a legally …
Read More »Concept Of Khudi: Iqbal Constantly Made Man To Realize His Self And Its Secrets
Concept Of Khudi: Iqbal Constantly Made Man To Realize His Self And Its Secrets By Dr. Arif Bashir Allama Mohammad Iqbal was born on November 9, 1877 in Sialkot Punjab. He was brought up in a family with Kashmiri Brahmin lineage. Allama’s grandfather left his ancestral village of Looehar in …
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