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Nov. 02-11-2018 There is a time to sleep and there is a time to be awake. There is a time...
I AM NOT A SUPERHUMAN: I HAVE MY WEAKNESSES AND PREJUDICES
I am not a liberal. In my view liberalism is a state of mind in which some room (or a...
THE FLAMBOYANT CLERGY DESERVES A BOX-OFFICE HIT OF ELMER GANTRY TYPE
When I think of the demagogues of the recent times, the two names that come automatically to my mind are...
Don’t get misled by a bearded actor playing the role of a religious leader
In films, actors often perform roles of kings, warriors clergies villains, leaders--- and even prophets. Charlton Heston played the role...
Let us have courage either to declare we are not Islamic or to prove we have only one identity—Islam
For the consumption of the people of Pakistan in particular and the world in general, it is fine to keep...
Why has Imran Khan become such a favourite target for the TV anchors interested in making their programmes watchable?
After subjects of the landing of a fictitious Israeli plane, the subject that our TV channel stars are trying to...
MATCHMAKING BETWEEN A PYTHON AND A WOLF
Mian Nawaz Sharif and Asif Ali Zardari are the world’s unlikeliest bedfellows. It is like a python entering into wedlock...
THE NON-EXISTENT ISRAELI PLANE AND FAZAL’S DESPERATE QUEST FOR THE KISS OF HELEN
The manner in which a very large part of our media played up the ‘story’ of an Israeli plane landing...
THE TRUTH OF ALL TIMES Who— happen to be true Islamists, and who are not?
There are two kinds of Muslims in the world. There are those who happen to have been born in the...
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There was a time when Imran Khan, Wasim Akram, Tendulkar, Ian Botham and Waugh brothers were regarded as the difference...
Echoes of the Heart
Kazakh President satisfied with results of talks with Putin
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signified satisfaction following the lengthy face-to-face talks with President of Russia Vladimir Putin in Sochi, the Facebook account of the President’s press secretary Ruslan Zheldibay reads. During the talks the parties debated a wide range of issues concerning trade and economic, investment, humanitarian cooperation, cooperation of the two nations in the […]Read More »