by Muhammad Mohsin Iqbal There are victories that end when the guns fall silent, and others that continue to shape a nation’s conscience long after the battlefield has faded from view. The triumph of September 1965 belongs firmly to the latter category. It was never merely a military encounter. It […]
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by Muhammad Mohsin Iqbal Politics is generally regarded as a realm in which national interests, public responsibilities and political traditions dominate almost every aspect of a leader’s life. Yet the personal lives of political leaders sometimes reveal a fascinating dimension of history that lies beyond parliaments, elections and governments. Pakistan’s […]
By Muhammad Mohsin Iqbal Hollywood is second to none in producing films of action, suspense and catastrophe. Through the marvels of modern technology, filmmakers portray storms, earthquakes, floods and destruction with such astonishing realism that the human mind is often left bewildered. The scenes appear so extraordinary that one is […]
By Muhammad Mohsin Iqbal Indeed, Allah, the Most High, is the protector and sustainer of this entire universe, as He Himself declares in the Holy Qur’an: “Allah is the Protector of those who believe. He brings them out from darkness into light” (Al-Baqarah 2:257). After the divine decree, human beings […]
by Muhammad Mohsin Iqbal After creating man, Allah Almighty included within his nature an administrative structure for the family, whereby he might continue the journey of life according to the needs of his age. With the passage of time this structure was obliged to expand; the family pressed onward and […]
by Muhammad Mohsin Iqbal Pakistan was achieved on the fourteenth of August in the year nineteen hundred and forty-seven, after sacrifices of a magnitude that still stir the soul and a struggle whose tirelessness remains an enduring lesson. Millions crossed borders in those turbulent months, leaving behind ancestral homes, familial […]
by Muhammad Mohsin Iqbal Time is a stern teacher of nations. It changes the character of alliances, reshapes national priorities and repeatedly reminds states that geography is destiny only when political wisdom knows how to use it. Countries may differ in ideology, resources and ambitions, yet history repeatedly brings them […]
by Muhammad Mohsin Iqbal In the long chronicle of human affairs, few pursuits have more clearly revealed the character of a people than the search for good governance. Our predecessors, whether the wise administrators of earlier ages or those who laid the foundations of our own constitutional order, grasped this […]
by Muhammad Mohsin Iqbal Pakistan stands as a living testament to an enduring spiritual and ideological conviction. From its very inception, the rallying cry that unified millions were both simple and profound: “What does Pakistan mean? La ilaha illallah.” Under this banner of faith in the Oneness of Allah, the […]
by Muhammad Mohsin Iqbal In days of yore, the family stood as the unshakeable foundation of life, its fabric woven with threads of reverence, tenderness, and mutual reliance. The presence of elders within the home was regarded as a divine blessing, their wrinkled brows and measured words carrying the distilled […]