“Why you people vend your daughters far away from their motherland, isn’t it a sin?” A question asked by a friend of mine pinched into my heart like the sharp edge of the sparkling sword. I got goose bumps finding no way to escape myself from her fretting query. “I had better leave,” I excused
By Aziz Ali Dad The contemporary society of Gilgit is undergoing an existential crisis begotten by drastic changes and ruptures caused by the forces of modernisation. For the last four decades it has been exposed to a medley of forces which are exogenous, but which have given birth to trends endogenous to the society. These
Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah Aga Khan belonged to the galaxy of great men who lived in the 20th century. He rose to eminence and reached the height, not only by sheer merit but also by his noble heritage. He was the one who guided Muslims of the Indian sub-continent when they were in the difficult
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Machiavelli held an official position in the Florentine Republic, secretary to the second chancery, from 1498 to 1512. That year the Medici returned to power and Machiavelli was suddenly ousted from office. He went to live on his farm. He would rise early and go and see how the woodcutters were getting on with their
KARACHI: Ismailis were the first Muslims, and the best missionaries, to arrive in the subcontinent, said eminent historian Dr Mubarak Ali while speaking on ‘Impact of history writing in India and Pakistan’ at the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation on Saturday evening. Shedding light on facets of history writing, Dr Ali said there were
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