Islamic banking: a success story
Last week the largest transformation from conventional to Islamic banking was achieved as all the branches of the Faysal Bank spread across the country completed their conversion to Islamic banking.…
Pakistan and the Islamic State
In recent days Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has claimed that the Islamic State (IS) does not exist in Pakistan. Addressing a gathering of Pakistani Americans and officials from…
Islamic criteria?
How can I buy an ideology of Pakistan that someone with Ayaz Amir’s intellectual calibre is considered to be flouting and someone like Pervez Musharraf is seen to protect? The…
Blasphemous distortion of Islamic law
The death sentence handed down on Aasia Bibi over allegations of blasphemy has brought shame to Pakistan and been roundly condemned worldwide. It has also distorted the teachings of Islam.…
Riphah varsity ready to include healthy diet plan in students’ curriculum
Riphah International University Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Anees Ahmed has offered to provide a platform to implement a proper healthy diet plan in the students’ curriculum and spread awareness in…
Polarization and threat to society
Long hauls often necessitate one to walk around inside the aircraft. I often stand peering through the tiny window on the emergency door, looking down at the passing ‘Lilliputian’ landscape…
Learning from the kingdom
While Pakistan considers selling its national airline PIA to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE, it is worth noting that the national airlines of those countries were originally established, nurtured,…
Healing wounds
LITERALLY, ‘healing wounds’ is a laudable act, no matter in which context it is exercised. It means a lot metaphorically in the social context, where individuals or communities deeply ‘hurt’…
Miracle in Kaaba
Unprecedented courage, unchallenged wisdom and knowledge, and unequal perseverance in the face of adversity were just some of the many remarkable traits associated with the rich legacy of Hazrat Ali…
A new constitutional window
The Supreme Court in its lifetime disqualification judgment has not only decided the constitutional questions relating to Article 62(1)(f) of the constitution regarding the disqualification period but also admitted the…
