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The rise of TLP

Muhammad Amir Rana

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

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 …

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All education institutions to close down from Nov 26 as Covid-19 positivity rises

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 …

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EXPERT REVIEWSBye Bye Pakistan: UAE Welcomes ‘India & Israel’ & Kicks-Out ‘Old-Friend’ Pakistan From The Arab World

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 …

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No attempt to sabotage CPEC will succeed: China

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 …

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Hostility towards Pakistan quickest route to national unity in India, says Obama

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 …

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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?

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 …

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