Ah summers. There you bolt my mood to electric power supply. To hunt for a safe haven, I planned to spend one holiday at a renowned hill spot. The journey began and everything appeared perfect for a delightful day. Slight whistling of wind amidst plenty of tall trees portrayed ideal serenity. I stopped over, parked … Continue reading
Who knows fruits of extremism better than Pakistanis? Helps us in not contemplating any ideas other than previously known, reinforces our jealously guarded opinions at cost of rationality and lavishly waters our preconceived plants into prejudices. Only foolish do not change, if Confucius pardons me doctoring his words, and this perhaps is only what extremism … Continue reading
In Quran Allah SWT repeatedly mentions a term ‘سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ’ which means ‘Way of God’ (Allah ka raasta). As believers our objective should be to follow this path of God and advise others to do the same. The obvious question that comes to one’s mind would be how can we recognize this path? I shall try … Continue reading
This article is written by Shazia Yousuf and it originally appeared on the blog site The Paradigm House. “I do not have any formal education… what use is education when we do not become human beings [after being educated]? My school is the welfare of humanity.” Abdul Sattar Edhi. These are the words from a … Continue reading