پاکستان اور بھارت کے دیوبندیوں میں فرق: بھارت کی جماعت اسلامی اور جمعیت علما ہند ،علما دیوبند نے کشمیر کے معاملے پر بھارت کی حمایت کر دی – جبکہ پاکستانی جماعت اسلامی اور دیوبندی پاکستان کی حکومت کے خلاف طالبان کی حمایت کرتے ہیں -کشمیر
میں بطور شیعہ کیا سوچتا ہوں؟: کافی دنوں بعد تحریر لکھ رہا ہوں زہنی طور پر کافی پریشان ہوں مگر جسمانی طور کافی تندرست، زہن آجکل ایسی کشمکش میں مبتلا ہے کہ کچھ بھی کرلیا جائے سکون ہی نہیں ملتا۔ آئے دن جنازے، آئے دن
پرائم ٹائم خیرات: اطلاع یہ ہے کہ ڈاکٹر بلا آج کل بہت خوش ہیں، بلکہ پھولے نہیں سما رہے ہیں. کہتے ہیں کہ ان کے فلسفۂ لنگر بانٹو لنگر اور دو خیرات لو خیرات کو جو پذیرائی اور قبول عام ان رمضانوں
Education for all: Education is necessary for the children.Every child has right to get education.It is the basic need right and need of every child.Education enriches lives and is an economic necessity for any developing country. We need to modernise our education system
What Ails Pakistan Cricket? by A Z: Almost every day I hear analyses from cricket pundits in Pakistan that the standard of the game in Pakistan is going down because of the lack of international cricket in the country. This is. Indeed, very far from the
جواب حاظر ہے خوشنود صاحب: چند روز پہلے خوشنود علی خان نے دیسی بابا یعنی ہارون رشید کی ٹھیک ٹھاک قسم کی کلاسس لی اسی کالم کے جواب میں جواب غزل حاضر ہے ‘ہے جو کوئی جھوٹ کو جھوٹ کہے ‘ صدیاں ہوئیں عرب
Thirty funerals and an Eid – Vaqar Amhed: Today is Eid, and I am dreading the day. For me it is a day that is dead, empty of meaning, and bereft of joy. Yesterday, 30 persons were killed in a funeral procession in Quetta. Thirty funerals
Raza Rumi’s War on Bloggers !: For past few weeks or so Raza Rumi of TFT has been slurring and threatening online activists with dire consequences, even going as far as threatening the families of HR activists. Now one may ask why a seemingly soft
Why I hate Chilas – by Rina Saeed Khan: Fairy Meadows below Nanga Parbat. -Photo by author I hear that Chilas is a ghost town these days, its inhabitants spooked by the killings of the international mountain climbers (and one Pakistani guide who had a Shia name), who
A Kidnapping in Karachi – Ahab Minhas: Ali returned home late evening on 20 October, 2012 after spending 45 days without sunlight. He and his family are convinced that his return was divine miracle rather than the outcome of an ill-afforded ransom put together through borrowings
Pakistan’s number one threat – by Farahnaz Ispahani: For the last few days, Pakistan’s capital has been on high alert due to the threat of a possible terrorist attack. Police and military vehicles have paraded around the city, commandos and snipers have been posted on Islamabad’s
Taliban in Context of Kashmir – by Syed Zafar Mehdi: A palpable buzz in the town is that after the withdrawal of NATO forces from Afghanistan by the end of 2014, the hard-bitten Talibani guerillas may trickle over to the Indian-occupied-Kashmir. Local media has been sent into a
Sitting ducks – by Kamran Shafi: The writer is a columnist, a former major of the Pakistan Army and served as press secretary to Benazir Bhutto. kamran.shafi@tribune.com.pk For, we too are floating about merrily, unaware that we are plumb in the sights of a dangerous,
The Moon (a true story) – by A Z: Being caught in the midst of two Eid days being celebrated in Canada this year, my mind goes back to an old episode a few years when I was in Europe. At the end of the Ramadan in 2007,
Fighting terrorism – by Dr. Ayesha Siddiqa: Editor’s Note: LUBP wishes to commend and thank Dr. Ayesha Siddiqa for her clear stance on Takfiri deobandi radacalization. She is one of very few writers who have clearly pointed out Deobandi Terrorists as the chief culprits of terror
No Eid Mubarak For Me This Year – by A Z: I am again not celebrating an Eid that reeks of blood; if at all the smell is stronger than ever before. I can’t bring myself to pretend joy as Pakistan wails in desolation on the breath of hate and
The Malala Issue – by Alizeh Khaleeli: The title I just typed saddens me, it grieves me that a symbol of courage and strength has become an “issue”. What is it with our conspiracy riddled nation that cannot for a moment, be joyous that a little
Sahab Hamien Jaane Do – by Irfan Tramboo: Unaware of all the happenings of outside world Shafat opened his eyes when the morning light struck his eyes. He was certainly unaware of the fact that the curfew had been imposed in entire valley after the tragic incident
Word, Word, Word,” Sharmnaak” – by Zulfiqar Ali: Four hundred and twelve years ago at the stage of Globe Theatre, Prince of Denmark uttered the famous words, “words, words, words”. Since then English Nation has become well familiarized with the phrase. Exactly twelve days ago another
Promoting Jihadi publications right under the nose of Pakistan govt: BBC report: BBC short news report describes how promotional material is being freely printed and distributed in Pakistan. The report shows that is one of the prime tools for recruitment of cheap zombie mercenaries. http://www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/multimedia/2013/08/130807_jehadi_literature_ra.shtml Clearly this type of publication cannot go