Tag: islamic

Pakistani social media users are 'aghast' at a video purporting to show an unidentified female "posing" with a bouquet, wearing ...

In the last few years, a new word has been added to the political vocabulary – “Syrianization.” This new word ...

Bayt Al Fann took to twitter to compile a most mouth watering thread on what is generally considered a staple ...

Since assuming power in Kabul in August 2021, the Afghan Taliban have faced an arch-rival in the form of IS-Khorasan ...

Honour killings regretfully remain a fact all over the world. This is the case not only in third-world countries, but also ...

The birth of Pakistan saw the 1948 Kashmir conflict and since then, the country has been in a state of ...

In his 2015 book The Militant, author and researcher Muhammad Amir Rana published dozens of interviews that he conducted of young ...

Translator’s Introduction: September 25 today marks the 119th birthday of one of the leading Islamist scholars and ideologues of the ...

The creation of Pakistan as a separate sovereign state is far too complex a political phenomenon and historical idea to ...

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) is nearing its first anniversary since its capture of Kabul in August 2021, but ...

Three great luminaries of Pakistan’s superior judiciary are Justice Alvin Robert Cornelius, Justice Dorab Patel and Justice Bhagwan Das, ironically ...

As the end of Ramadan draws near and Eid approaches, it is my privilege to wish that this blessed time ...

Allama Iqbal was convinced that an elected parliament could perform the function of Ijtihad (creative interpretation of Islamic law) in ...

Earlier this year, controversial MNA Aamir Liaquat Hussain tied the knot for the third time. His new bride Syeda Dania ...

Kalhora tombs are noted for their distinctive architectural elements. One of the most prominent features is an ornamental lantern which ...

By war and battles here, I do not mean actual armed conflicts. What I mean is a tussle between various ...

On a beaten track On January 17, an article written by PM Imran Khan appeared in some English and Urdu ...

As a young man in the late 1980s, I often visited a recluse by the name of Dr G.M. Mehkri, ...

The ‘Islamic Golden Age’ produced many remarkable scholars in science and literature. During the five-and-a-half centuries between circa 750 and ...

One is unable to decide or determine between the seductive and the spiritual while in front of Nazia Ejaz’s surfaces. ...

Gunmen allegedly from the Islamic State group have attacked the Sardar Mohammed Daud Khan hospital in Kabul, killing at least ...

The origins of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) are obscure. But this much is known: that in the formative period of ...

The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has instructed TV channels to stop airing caresses and hugs in television dramas, ...

At least two people have been killed and 19 more wounded in a series of explosions that targeted Taliban vehicles ...

God, a word known to all humanity regardless of their position on the religious spectrum, remains incomprehensible to many. Despite ...

Fighting in northern Afghanistan has intensified as an uprising against the Taliban takeover of the country is spreading from Panjshir. ...