Category: History
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Ancient lost city of Shekhem unearthed in Palestine
Dutch and Palestinian archaeologists, while working on an urban lot in Nablus, West Bank, Palestine, have unearthed what could be termed as remains of the ancient city of Shekhem. The city of Shekhem, positioned in a pass between the mountains of Gerizim and Eibal and controlling the Askar Plains to the east, was an important…
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Mirza Ghalib
Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan, popularly known as Mirza Ghalib, was born in Agra in 1797. Ghalib started composing poetry at the age of 11. The idea that life is one continuous painful struggle which can end only when life itself ends is a recurring theme in his poetry. Below is one of his couplets. قید…
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Fear Of The Unseen
As Muslims we should have belief in the Unseen (that which cannot be seen). A part of the Unseen …
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Weakness of Faith – Al Maghool and at-Tatar
History is witness to it, whenever Muslims lost touch with Islam and gave into worldly cravings, …
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Why Was the Islamic Republic of Pakistan formed?
Why Was the Islamic Republic of Pakistan formed? This question keeps on nagging me. Also, why was…
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Fighter Planes and Media Plotters
Couple of weeks back Indian plane so called mistakenly intercepted into Pakistani territories mar…
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Conscience of Humanity
Far too many historical wrongs need apologies from the collective conscience of humanity. All the…
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Afghan Dacoits
Every year, right before the Eid and in Eid days, dacoities and robberies increase in all the maj…
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I want Pakistan of 1948
Cabinet meeting was underway. ADC came near Quaid-e-Azam and asked, "Sir, shall we serve coffee o…
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Our Sovereignty
On 14th August, 1947 when billions of Muslims snatched their homeland from British and Hindus, al…