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A BROKEN MORAL COMPASS
by Wajid Shamsul Hasan
“I have lived as plain Mr. Jinnah…

Shams ad-Dîn Tabrizi: An Esoteric Parable of the Divine
by Nasir Shamsi
Shams al-Din Tabrizi was a Persian mystic,…

A FORGOTTEN HERO – SIR MUHAMMAD ZAFARULLAH KHAN
by Jahangir Ahmed
Sir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan Chaudhry was…

Jinnah's vision for the nascent Pakistan
Muhammad Ali Jinnah set out his vision for the nascent Pakistan,…

Imran Khan, as New Leader, Could Help Pakistan Reshape Its Image
by Jeffery Gettleman
For a nation often in the news for…

SOUNDS OF THE ALHAMBRA by Al Firdaus Ensemble
How did Al Firdaus come about and how did you all meet?
I…

WATERSHED ELECTIONS: PAKISTAN 2018
by Wasio Khan Abbasi
Pakistan will hold a general election…

Sir Syed Ahmed Khan - The greatest Muslim reformer and statesman of the 19th Century
by Dr. Amineh Hoti
For too long the media and some orientalist…

ALEXANDER AND THE BATTLE OF HYDASPES
by Saima Durrani
Alexander the Great and his army had swept…

Editorial - Where is Jinnah's Pakistan?
Editorial
To all our readers and well-wishers I would like…

MASTER AND FRIEND - US-Pakistan relations
by Wajid Shamsul Hasan
A Dodgem Relationship
To understand…

Edward Said's Orientalism: Forty years later
by Hamid Dabashi
There is a video - tucked away somewhere…

Habībullāh Khan EMIR OF AFGHANISTAN
Habibullah Khan was the ruler of Afghanistan from 1901 to 1919.…

Britain’s Theresa May Has No Power to Threaten Putin
by Anshel Pfeffer
Isolated From Europe and U.S., Britain’s…

An Irreplaceable Champion for Pakistan's Dispossessed Is Gone
by Omar Waraich
I first met Asma Jahangir, the champion of…

L’Oréal and the case for diversity politics
by Sana Karim
“I deeply regret the content of the tweets…

The Great Mughals and their contribution to India
by Rana Safvi
Historian Harbans Mukhia, an authority on medieval…

Capital Letter: The law of unintended consequences
by Maggie Blenkinsop
It was my daughter’s birthday, or rather…

MY NUCLEAR BUTTON IS BIGGER THAN YOURS
My Nuclear button is bigger than Yours
Donald Trump taunted…

From martyrdom to Sainthood
by Yasir Ali
From martyrdom to Sainthood
Reaching sainthood…

Fahreddin Pasha: An Ottoman officer who defended the holy lands
by Erhan Afyoncu
Fahreddin Pasha, nicknamed "The Tiger of…

A DEBT OF HONOUR - AN INDIAN SEPOY IN WORLD WAR ONE
by Dr. Santanu Das
“Do not think that this is war. This…

A BROKEN MORAL COMPASS?
by Wajid Shamsul Hasan
“I have lived as plain Mr. Jinnah…

A MAESTRO IN THE MAKING: An interview with Zain Ali
Tell us about the Zain Ali journey so far. What have been your…

A SAINT OF OUR TIMES: Shah Abdul Latif of Bhitai
by Ayesha Gilani
“Shah Latif was the finest flower in a garden…

AN END TO #PANAMAGATE?
by Bakhtiar Qayyum
Questions remain about the spectacular…