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Sacred Sacrifice: A Tale of Eid’s Embrace

In the realm of faith, a tale is told, Of Eid, a celebration, so ancient and bold. A story of Abraham, his love, and his test, A lesson of sacrifice, at Allah’s

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‘Floating Economies: The Cultural Ecology of the Dal Lake in Kashmir’

By: Zahid Iqbal Sheikh The book under review ‘Floating Economies: The Cultural Ecology of the Dal Lake in Kashmir, India’ is a very fascinating work by Michael J. Casimir who is a

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Eid-ul-Adha: Embracing the spirit of Sacrifice, Spiritual Renewal

By: Waris Nissar Eid ul-Adha, known as the Festival of Sacrifice, stands as a cornerstone of Islamic tradition, embodying profound spiritual significance and cultural richness. Rooted in the Quranic narrative of Prophet

The Concept of Rights

By: Towseef Ahmad The concept of right is an important asset with the contemporary world. It is that element of law, politics, justice and ethics which has reached here during a historical

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The AJK & GB council fiasco

By: Manzoor Gilani Current Prime Minister (PM) of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Raja Farooq Haider Khan, recently stirred up a debate related to directives issued by Pakistan PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi

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Art of scam management

By: Pratap Bhanu Mehta Corruption and plutocracy were major issues in the 2014 election. Those issues helped delegitimise the UPA government. It is now worth asking how they are going to play

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PNB Scam! Intentional or Management Failure

Diamond merchant Nirav Modi is the prime accused in the recently surfaced banking scam and is guilty of transmitting funds worth about 11,500 Crore from Punjab National Bank which is a Public

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Life is beautiful

As long as I have understood it, I think life is a beautiful thing. It’s a great blessing. Some things are more beautiful some less. Some things hurt, and some moments are

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RBA Category Needs Relook & Rethink

When & How it came into existence? After Independence, the first priority of the govt was to uplift the people who were poor, downtrodden, neglected and the tribes living primitive life

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The Unpious Pir

By: Khaled Ahmed Pakistan says it is an ideological state but when heavily bearded, rotten-toothed, medieval-looking Pir Hameeduddin Sialvi comes out of his lair in Sial Sharif, Sargodha, Punjab, it looks like

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Asma Jahangir, my fearless friend

It is hard to find a measure of Asma Jahangir’s greatness. She was a brilliant intellectual, a superb humanist, a great political leader, an epitome of kindness, a personification of indomitable courage.

6 years ago

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Disqualification

IT is unfortunate that a question concerning the probity of public life should have become entangled in the cold war which the Narendra Modi government has launched against all non-BJP-ruled governments —

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Series of scams could hurt Modi’s election prospects

BY: Aditya Sinha India is seized with another banking scam. At the centre is Punjab National Bank (PNB), a nationalised bank. The culprit is diamond jeweller (or, as he prefers, “diamantaire”) Nirav

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