Allama Iqbal and Imam Hussain – AZ: Iqbal’s range, quality, and quantity are truly impressive. Apart from Urdu, he also wrote prodigiously in Persian and is regarded as one of the most important poets of modern India. In addition to his indubitable genius as a
اے کون اے ؟ – وسعت اللہ خان: قبل از بیسویں صدی بھارتی ریاست اتر پردیش کے دارلحکومت لکھنؤسے باون کیلومیٹر پرے ضلع سیتا پورکی ایک تحصیل محمود آباد ہے۔محمود آباد قصبے میں ایک قدیم محل ہے جسے قلعہ کہتے ہیں۔اس قلعے کے اردگرد چھیاسٹھ گاؤں ہیں
یوم ازادی پر سوچیں کہ کیا ہم ازاد ہیں ؟: : آج انہتر ویں سالگرہ ہے ہمارے اس پاک ارض وطن کی ۔ اڑسٹھ سال پہلے آزادی حاصل کی ہم نے بہت سی جانوں کو لٹا کر ‘مال و اسباب سے ہاتھ دھو کر بہت سے رشتوں کو داؤ
Smokers’ Corner: The founder lost – Nadeem F. Paracha: For the past few years I have been researching literature written on the life of Pakistan’s founder, Mohammad Ali Jinnah; and also scholarly works which quote him extensively to substantiate theories about what Pakistan is (or was supposed to
The Ahmadiyya betrayal – Kunwar Khuldune Shahid: Anyone remotely familiar with the poetry of Dr Muhammad Iqbal would know of his multi-pronged flirtations with numerous – often paradoxical – ideologies, at the same time. From fluctuating between a poet and a preacher to being the torchbearer
Allama Iqbal and Imam Hussain – AZ: Iqbal’s range, quality, and quantity are truly impressive. Apart from Urdu, he also wrote prodigiously in Persian and is regarded as one of the most important poets of modern India. In addition to his indubitable genius as a poet,
عمران خان – اقبال کا بندہُ مومن – از طالب حق: اقبال کے افکار میں ”مرد مومن“ یا ”انسان کامل“کا ذکر جا بجا ملتا ہے۔ اس کے لئے وہ ” مرد حق“ ”بندہ آفاقی“ ”بندہ مومن“ ”مرد خدا“ اور اس قسم کی بہت سی اصطلاحات استعمال کرتے ہیں حقیقتاً یہ
To Brazil with love from Pakistan – by Paul Rockower: In 2012, the Grammy-nominated Bluegrass band Della Mae visited Pakistan and Central Asia as part of their American Music Abroad tour. While visiting Islamabad and Lahore, Della Mae conducted performances, music collaborations with local musicians and bluegrass workshops at universities. The American Music Abroad
Pakistan and the Search for Identity (Part 1) – by Rusty Walker: About the author: Rusty Walker is an Independent Political Analyst, educator, author, Vietnam veteran-era U.S. Air Force, from a military family, retired college professor, former Provost (Collins College, U.S.A.), artist, musician and family man. Rusty Walker is an ardent
Iqbal’s notion of ‘khudi’: Related articles: Iqbal’s and Jinnah’s vision of Pakistan – Dr Javid Iqbal Allama Iqbal and Ahlul-Bayt Allama Iqbal, Bacha Khan and terrorists – by Suroosh Irfani اقبال کا تصور خودی اقبال کا پیغام یا فلسفہ حیات کیا ہے اگر
Muslim youth in Iqbal’s view – by Amjad Rashid: “You are eagle! Your duty is to flight freely! You have even more horizons before you”, this is the translation of the famous verses of Dr. Allama Muhammad Iqbal which is often written on the walls and charts of
Iqbal’s vision: A guiding light for LUBP: نگاہ فقر ميں شان سکندري کيا ہے by Allama Muhammad Iqbal (Source: Bal-e-Jibril) نگاہ فقر ميں شان سکندري کيا ہے خراج کي جو گدا ہو ، وہ قيصري کيا ہے بتوں سے تجھ کو اميديں ، خدا سے نوميدي
Why Muslims reject modernity- by Khaled Ahmed: Today, nothing negates modernity more than jihad. It undermines the nation-state, and destroys the state that organises it. The scattering of the Pakistani state is owed to it. It is often said that Muslims in the 21st century have
Rumi: The divine dancer – by Ammar Ali Qureshi: Ammar Ali Qureshi has kindly sent his article published in “The Friday Times” to be posted at LUBP. How relevant is Rumi today? asks Ammar Rumi, according to the German philosopher Hegel, was one of the greatest poets and
Faiz on Iqbal – by Farooq Sulehria: Few students of Pakistani literature know that Faiz Ahmed Faiz translated Allama Iqbal’s Payam-e-Mashriq into Urdu. An equally little-known fact is Iqbal’s presence at the founding conference of the Progressive Writers Association. While Iqbal, being the national poet of
Taliban and Allama Iqbal: We reproduce here the denial of Pakistani Taliban of their involvement in terrorists activities in Pakistan, and its analysis by BBC Urdu’s Mohammed Hanif. The Taliban video statement starts with an Urdu verse by Allama Iqbal. It would appear