Dr Farooq Adil

ISMAIL Merathi came to mind. He is considered a children’s Urdu poet, but his descriptions of natural phenomena are so vivid that one cannot help…

THE fire that was ignited around us forty or fifty years ago has now reached Darul Uloom Haqqania, and Maulana Hamid-ul-Haq Haqqani, drenched in blood,…

BUY a book, or the author will be sold.” Brigadier Saulat Raza(Rtd) made this remark with a wry smile, which instantly reminded me of a…

A few days ago, I had the opportunity to attend a university convocation and a UNICEF event. These were truly remarkable gatherings. Certain moments from…

  THE three of us—Dr. Halil Töker from Yunus Emre Institute, Dr. Yusuf Khushk (Vice-Chancellor of Shah Abdul Latif University) and I—shared a dream: why…

  CASE involving £190 million is only the visible tip of a much larger and more alarming narrative. While the details of this specific case…

  WHO is Zafarullah Khan? Answer to this question might lead us further away from the true essence of the man. For instance, if you…

POET Ibrahim Zauq once described meeting an old friend as being better than encountering Khidr or Messiah. That might well be true, but for me,…

  SHEIKH Ibrahim Zauq may have remained overshadowed in comparison to Ghalib, but he did compose a verse so endearing that one cannot help but…

SOME people are visible, and so is their work. Others are visible, their work is evident, and they are accessible. However, there is a third…