Manan Ahmad Asif’s book will, one hopes, be widely read in Pakistan and be published in Urdu and Punjabi translation too. It ...

IN ARABIC, qaseeda means a panegyric ode and ‘burda’ means a shawl-like fabric worn over the shoulders, a mantle. Qaseeda ...

Dr Lone's book is a concise yet insightful exploration of enduring legacies of two pioneering Muslim reformists, Abduh and Sir Syed, in a lucid style .

Shaniera is a social activist from Australia and is the wife of legendary Pakistan cricketer Wasim Akram The post Who is ...

Pakistan’s most populous Punjab province has imposed a complete ban on kite flying before the centuries-old Basant festival – ...

Crossing Paths in America and India' contains articles, essays, and book reviews by Leonard A Gordon on nationalism in India.

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s flirtations with religiosity continued to afflict Bangladesh’s body politic much after his death.

The recommendations of the NLPD were published on both the occasions. Punjab University’s Urdu Encyclopedia of Islam project, too, had an orthographic scheme under the guidance of Dr Syed Abdullah.

In a first of its kind and an innovative initiative, Friday sermons or khutbahs delivered at one of the largest mosques in ...

Though the number of pilgrims at Maha Kumbh is many times more than at Haj, a lot can be learned from the “crowd management” ...

It brought back so many memories of my teenage years when I travelled to Pakistan in 1997 for my aunt’s wedding. My elder brother, a big fan of the Urdu singer, requested I bring back, as a gift, the ...

The Rampur Raza Library traces its origins to 1774 when Nawab Faizullah Khan established it as a center for Indo-Islamic learning and arts.