Alternate universes
“The whole world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.” This is a quote ascribed to Saint Augustine, the fourth century Christian saint of…
Universes explored
Exploration of the universe is a fascinating subject. While many do not even bother to think about it, there are many who spend sleepless nights in reflection. Great strides have…
A tale of many universes
One of the major issues our country has done nothing to resolve is the parallel universes which many different Pakistanis inhabit. A Reuters’ photo feature on this paper’s website this…
Muslim collectivism
ISLAM was a movement of moral initiative. The Holy Prophet’s (PBUH) first address to his people reflected the entirety of the Quranic message as it had descended on his heart…
Coming down from the mountain
The Kurram Agency of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is in the news primarily on account of a spike in the TTP’s wanton attacks against law enforcement cadres. In this atmosphere of sadness,…
Reclaiming Iqbal’s vision
Allama Muhammad Iqbal – poet–philosopher, jurist and one of the most original Muslim thinkers of the 20th century – remains a towering guide for nations seeking moral and economic renaissance.…
Beyond Baku & Belem
THE UN climate conference (COP29) in Baku last year was credited with several achievements. It resolved the lingering issue of voluntary carbon credit trading systems between countries for reaching their…
An alliance of trust
The story of Pakistan–China relations is one of the most remarkable chronicles of modern international diplomacy. At a time when the world was polarised by cold-war politics, Pakistan and China…
Sullying the game
Sports, the purest form of human contest, is a ritual of skill, endurance and strategy. Bound by established rules and decorum, the moral foundation of sports is based on the…
Paradoxical
IT has recently been pointed out that Iqbal’s poetic corpus is replete with contradictions. One obvious explanation is that the intellectual growth of a thinker entails a lack of harmony…
