EVENTS
Establishment of Muslim Rule
Though Muslims entered South Asia with the conquest of Sindh by Muhammad bin Qasim and then with the annexation of Punjab by Mahmud Ghaznavi, yet the real credit of the establishment of Muslim rule in the region goes to Shahab-ud-din Muhammad Ghuri. The Ghurids had ...
Ancient Empires of the Sub-Continent
Some of the earliest relics of Stone Age man were found in the Soan valley near Rawalpindi, dating back to ...
Physical Features of Indus Men
Four types of skeletons are found from archeological remains of Indus Civilization. Proto-Australoids or Caucasic people were in majority. They ...
Origin of Indus Civilization
Indus Civilization was one of the oldest civilizations. It covers the area of 500,000 square miles, which spread in the ...
Early Cultures of Indus Civilization
Some of the earliest relics of Stone Age man in the subcontinent are found in the Soan Valley of the ...
ARTICLES
Quran and Science
The only book that is authored by God on the earth is Al-Quran was revealed in Arabic to Prophet Muhammad (SAW) over a period of twenty-three years ending in 632 A.D., the year he passed ...
Crippled Democracy
In his present speech of July 12 2002 Pervez Musharraf made politicians the targets of his criticism. He also listed ...
Musharraf – Can he do it?
I am a cynic. I have this deep distrust of authority, in any shape, form or style. From the bottom ...
The Story of Kargil
In the summer of 1999, a 73-days military conflict was fought at Kargil unveiling new insights into an asymmetric conflict ...
Agra Summit: A Failure?
Agra Summit ended up in an anti-climax. Before and during the meeting of President Musharraf and Prime Minister Vajpayee, there ...
Two Nation Theory: The Myth, The Reality
One lesson I have learnt from the history of Muslims. At critical moments in their history it is Islam that ...
President Pervez Musharraf address to the Nation
President General Pervez Musharraf addressed the Pakistani nation in an hour-long talk on 12th January 2002. The long awaited speech ...
Sikander Hyat Khan
Please note that the family name is hyphenated and spelled HYAT-KHAN and not HAYAT KHAN as is commonly mis written ...
Ideology as a Factor in Pakistan Foreign Policy: A Historian View-Point
The Muslims of the sub-continent demanded a separate homeland where they could spend their lives according to the teachings of ...
US Troops in Pakistan?
Sometimes it happens that one becomes so immersed in ones personal life that events taking place around him fade into ...
Indus Architecture
The architecture of Indus civilization that is mainly observable in Moenjodaro and Harappa had three basic characteristics: an outstanding uniformity, ...