Islam was the principal identity symbol of the Indian Muslims who got mobilised to give a united opposition to the Hindu majority to obtain maximum political and economic advantages and then, under ...

ISLAMABAD: Chairman Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL), Dr Muhammad Yousuf Khushk lauded the valuable contribution of noted Urdu poet, dramatist, critic, columnist and fiction writer, Amjad Islam Amjad ...

PHILOSOPHY and philosophers have usually been target of jokes. The disrespect for philosophy is not uncommon in our society alone, but the westerners also do not hesitate to poke fun at philosophers.

The most striking recent addition to Kidderpore in Kolkata in an obelisk in the middle of a roundabout with Iqbal’s stirring paean to India, Saare Jahaan se Achchhaa, engraved on it. Even more ...

ISLAMABAD: International Islamic University, Islamabad (IIUI) has decided to stop offering its MA Islamic Studies classes in Urdu, but will keep teaching it in Arabic. At present, the Islamic Studies ...

Doha, Qatar: Hundreds of members from the Urdu- and Malayalam-speaking communities attended a series of lectures that addressed various topics related to family, the Muslim community, and contemporary ...

Poet-lyricist Javed Akhtar on Monday asserted that he believed he was “doing something right as long as both” Hindu and Muslim fundamentalists were abusing him, his comments coming against the ...