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 ...
UNO: United Nations Organization or United No Objection
Just a few years back, when I was in my early classes, I was taught that after the World War ...
Crippled Democracy
In his present speech of July 12 2002 Pervez Musharraf made politicians the targets of his criticism. He also listed ...
But You Have To Admire Their Cunning
One byproduct of the Internet is the barrage of opinion pools that fill your In-box daily. "Do you believe in ...
Fundamental Rights in Islam
In the West, though the issue of fundamental or (also called) human rights was raised by the thinkers of the ...
Vedic Aryans
Indus valley civilization was replaced by village cultures of Vedic Aryans from Central Asia, who were virtually invaders in the ...
Eagle as a Symbol in Iqbal’s Poetry
The remarkable strength and courage of the eagle have inspired mankind throughout the ages. In ancient times the battles between ...
Pakistan in Transition Towards a Substantive Democracy
It is also first time in Pakistan’s history since partition that an elected government completes its term to hand over ...
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 ...
Dr. Annemarie Schimmel: A Great Scholar-Hermit
A leading German Islamicist, orientalist, scholar, literary figure, prolific writer and an authoress of more than hundred books who was ...
A Glimpse of the Quaid
The Quaid needed to be discovered, his mystery unraveled. Not for his own sake because his place in history is ...