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Echo of silence

Dr Shakira Nandini Silence is the mirror of nature in which one can gaze into the depths of their soul. The echoes hidden within stillness testify to the truth of existence. Nature always holds within itself silent stories that need no words. A tranquil lake bordered by barren land and shadowed by majestic mountains may […]

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Who was my Imam, Shah Karim?

Issa Khan (Kinshasa, DRC) His Highness Shah Karim Al-Hussaini, the 49th Imam, was the one who provided us with every basic necessity, from clean drinking water to electricity, from roads to hospitals, from irrigation channels to schools. He was the guiding light who ensured that no one in our community was left behind, that progress

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!میرے امام

شمش الرحمن تاجک یہ ستر کی دہائی کا چترال ہے، کھانے کو دو وقت کی روٹی بہت مشکل سے میسر ہے۔ یہاں کے باسیوں کا مقصد حیات صرف ایک ہے کہ کسی طرح اگلی فصل کی تیاری تک زندہ رہا جاسکے۔ خوراک کی کمی سے پیدا ہونے والی تمام بیماریوں کا اس وقت یہاں صرف

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Shadow in the Dust of Dusk

Life is like a traveler, wrapped in the dust of time—either it perishes in oblivion or transcends towards eternal truth.—Dr. Shakera Nandini. Travelers on the paths of life often pause at sunset to reflect. Perhaps it is because dusk stands at the border between light and darkness, where the sun, weary from its journey, begins

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KARIM AGA KHAN

PRINCE Karim Aga Khan was a man who straddled various worlds and cultures. Beyond his role as spiritual leader of the world’s Ismaili Muslims, he was a man of great wealth and influence, channelling funds towards the socioeconomic uplift of his flock as well as other communities, particularly in the developing world. Pakistan — where

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