Kindly allow me honour of introducing an amazing website for the Holy Quran  http://tanzil.info/   Just  place the mouse on any line to find its translation or click the translation on the top left corner for the entire Surah. In the left window........

 Saudi Clerics Advocate Adult Breast-Feeding (The article can be viewed on the link given below. http://www.aolnews.com/article/saudi-clerics-advocate-adult-breastfeeding/19504280)   Dana Kennedy Contributor (June 5) -- Women in Saudi Arabia should give their breast milk to male colleagues and acquaintances in order to avoid breaking strict Islamic law........

It was really startling to see Gen. Hameed Gul say on a private TV talk show that 70 per cent of Pakistan’s problems will be solved the day Gen. Musharraf is put on trial. What a simple solution and one........

IT IS THE UNVARNISHED TRUTH and by far the best explanation of the Muslim terrorist situation I have ever read. His references to past history are accurate and clear. Not long, easy to understand, and well worth the read. The........

The mega event is over and Spain has lifted the coveted cup. What a stupendous spectacle of skills, talent, sportsmanship and discipline it was, not only of the players but of the huge huge throngs of spectators also?! One is........

Sugar is selling at Rs. 70 a kilo and expected to rise up to Rs. 100 during the ensuing Ramadhan, thanks to the Sugar Mills cartel and its manipulative import from Brazil. But, do we know that by consuming sugar we........

The way the issue of the fake degrees is being defended by Raisani and his likes speaks volumes about the intellectual bankruptcy of our so called leaders. Little do they realise that a degree is not a mere piece of........

The Parliamentary Committee on Education and the HEC have literally opened the proverbial Pandora’s Box, as there are now demands from various quarters for not only verifying the degrees but also scrutinising the attendance records, fees paid with duration of study........

A private TV channel showed, during the first hour of the start of the polling, a Patwari acting as a Polling Agent of, I care too hoots, who and belonging to which political party. The only word that comes to........

Col. R S Johar (Retd) of Indian army sent me the following email after reading my article ‘Ideology of Pakistan’ on the net. My reply to him is also appended below. Both letters reflect the desire of the soldiers on each side........

   It was indeed brave of Ghazi Salahuddin to stir a sensitive subject like “Induction of Religion in Politics” and thereby obliquely question the efficacy of Islamisation of Pakistan in his article “Nawaz Sharif’s Chance”  “The News” Sunday June 13th . He........

Four under trial terrorist prisoners were taken away forcefully by about a dozen terrorist colleagues of theirs at Karachi city courts in full day light from the police van after killing a policeman and injuring a few others. One of........

New Scam in Society It all started when I received a call from someone claiming that he was from my mobile service provider and wanted me to shutdown my phone for 2 hours for 3G update to take place. As........

The controversy regarding the construction of Kalabagh dam has been raging on since Zia ul Haq’s period and all successive governments have failed to resolve the issue. ANP fears that the reservoir lake will submerge most of the land in........

The issue of a plethora of fake degrees is being given a Machiavellian twist by the politicians who take the naïve voters for a ride by saying that a usurper had introduced this clause with the malafides intention of keeping........

 Mr. Ahmad Noorani reports The News June 8th “A Unique Interviews with Babar Awan”, that Dr. Babar Awan all through the interview never replied to his any question and instead asked him to go on speaking and asking questions as he........

Maj Anwar Pashah (Retd) wonders (NewsPost June 4th ) in what capacity MNS addressed the civil administration of Punjab as he hasn’t taken an oath of any office. Well – Major Sahib he has not even taken the oath of any........

At a recent wedding a few grey haired gentlemen, though modestly dressed yet looking distinguished and dignified were sitting in a corner oblivious to the joyous surroundings and engrossed in their own qualms. They were the retired pensioners and senior........

A controversy is raging in the media over the Swiss case in which the SC has asked the government to write a letter to the Swiss court to reopen it but the government considers the case to be a matter........

Could somebody more knowledgeable please advise the logic behind not implementing the clause of the recently passed 18th amendment restricting the number of ministers at the federal and provincial level to 11 percent of the number of the MNAs and........

Most of the shops and business centres in Pakistan, especially in the posh areas of the major cities, did not abide by the government instructions to close their businesses by 8 p.m. Either they did not take the orders seriously........

Now that the NWFP has been renamed Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa by the parliament, we should all accept the verdict democratically. No one can even for a moment imagine that our legislators would do anything against the ideology or integrity of Pakistan. Having........

Throughout the history of law, there have been trials of animals, convictions (and even occasional executions) of innocent people. Not so well known are these five cases of people put on trial after they were dead. So here we present........

April 4th was the 31st death anniversary of ZAB and the electronic media gave it quite an elaborate and extensive coverage. Every Jiala appearing on the mini screen rightfully praised the charismatic leader and vowed to take his mission forward. Their........

In response to an invitation that the Civil Society was organizing a 'Walk against Corruption' on 18 March 2010 in Islamabad, which would be led by eminent and one of the most senior and outspoken ex-civil servants, Mr. Roedad Khan, and........

Winston Churchill said, "Democracy is the worst form of government except for all those others that have been tried." And the same very sage also said, “The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter." What has the........

Surprisingly the dismal and all time low performance of our hockey team in the world cup has resulted only in the dismissal of the hockey team selection committee and the office bearers of the hockey federation. Similarly the depths of........

Tauheed Ahmed from USA (NewsPost 10 March) seems to have cast away whatever little ghairat -‘shame’ – he might have had after living there now for 30 years. I am at a loss to find an appropriate word for ghairat in English........

The cancer of corruption is spreading world wide, some spots with thicker growth while others in the growing tumorous stage, but prevalent never-the-less all over. Unfortunately, Pakistan falls in the thick growth area and rated as one of the most........

Not many ministers resign on their own in this land of the pure even when indicted or found culpable of acts totally unbecoming – corruption, moral turpitude, promiscuity etc.. As such there must have been something extraordinary that forced Mr.........

Unbelievable is the word that comes to one’s mind on listening to the GeoNews story of a PIA Captain flying his friend to London without ticket, boarding card or the immigration formalities!! I have flown a lot and always found the airlines........

                                  It will take just 37 seconds to read this and change your thinking.. Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain........

As the nation waited eagerly for the promised good news the airwaves emanating from all TV channels in Pakistan from 3:30 p.m. onwards were abuzz with the news and views on the CJP meeting with the PM. Apart from the clippings........