On 5th of October two decades back on German Unification Day I had asked Gen Musharraf in a dinner in German Embassy “Are you ready to thwart the enemy attack?” He had brooded for a while before replying with a smile “Readiness is the crux of my job. The enemy will regret”
03 October, 2019

I had predicted in my col on 7th Oct 99 that Mian was about to say farewell. Five day later Mian rushed to embrace his doom. A few days later Ch Shujaat invited me to lunch to ask “How did you know? ” I replied: “It was written on the wall. But Mian Sahib didn’t bother to read. ”
03 October, 2019

Today for the first time in our history there is partnership in governance.
03 October, 2019

People don’t remember that between the day Hazrat Hasan RA abdicated in favour of Hazrat Muavia RA and the day latter died there is a period of two decades in which the rule of Islam in conquered territory was consolidated and Muslims became the world’s dominant force.
03 October, 2019

Why people are not told about how great a statesman and and a political genius Hazrat Hasan RA was who fathered an accord with Hazrat Muawia RA that paved the way for preventing the catastrophic divide that occurred 2 decades later when authors of the accord were no more?
03 October, 2019

It was in the era of Hazrat Muawia RA , Abdul Malik ,Waleed bin Abdul Malik and Hazrat Umar bin Abdul Aziz that Muslims rose to unprecedented glory. It was Hazrat Muawia RA who ordered two campaigns against Constantinople as per the Holy Prophet’s Will PBUH.
03 October, 2019

Hazrat Hussain RA had not fought for the right to rule, he had fought against the transfer of power through decree on the basis of inheritance. He was the first martyr of the rule of Law.
03 October, 2019

There were differences but no religious divide in Islam till the martyrdom of Hazrat Ali RA. There were no Sunnis and no Shias. There were just Muslims -Followers of Mohammad (PBUH). I belong to that era. All Caliphs are my heroes. And heroes are not rated. They are simply heroes.
03 October, 2019

True Hazrat Umar bin Abdul Aziz was a jewel but in the days of Waleed bin Abdul Malik at a time five generals were produced who can be rated with Alexander. Musa bin Nusair, Tariq bin Ziad, Muslim bin Abdul Malick, Qateeba bin Muslim Bahli and Mohammad bin Qasim. Unprecedented!
03 October, 2019