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Fakhar e Alam Chitral: In Pakistan’s far north, where the towering peaks of the Hindu Kush rise in stern silence and snow-filled valleys descend into wind-carved gorges, lies Chitral — a land celebrated for its breathtaking beauty and…

Jawad Ali Karachi: Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, thanked Congress and said, “You have given us a word now.”  This set the process in motion for the 1940s, when, due to the political backpedaling of…

APP Peshawar: The Pakistan Resolution of March 23, 1940, marked a significant turning point in the struggle for independence and the Pakistan Movement. Following its passage, the Muslims of the Sub-Continent, led by figures such as…

Ishtiaq Ahmed Book Review: This was a common policy and practice applied by the British authorities for the public places during their rule of India. It was perhaps this that led Mahatma Gandhi to remark when asked by a…

News Desk Lahore: The minority legislators made a pledge to fully support the bills setting up the minority rights commission and criminalising forced faith conversions in the legislative assembly. The Peoples Commission for…