A country of South Asia. Occupying land crisscrossed by ancient invasion paths, Pakistan was the home of the prehistoric Indus Valley civilization, which flourished until overrun by Aryans c. 1500bc. After being conquered by numerous rulers and powers, it passed to the British as part of Indi...
Pakistan’s Independence Day also pays homage to people who devoted their lives for Pakistan’s freedom movement and made sacrifices to attain Pakistan’s independence. A change of guard takes place at national monuments, including the mausoleums of Muhammad Iqbal, who was a poet, philosopher, an...
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Pakistan has seen an increase in terrorist attacks since the Afghan Taliban returned to power in 2021, with the Pakistani chapter of the movement carrying out attacks mostly targeting security forces. On Monday, a police officer guarding polio vaccinators was killed after unidentified men opened fi...
The freedom of movement enjoyed by insurgents around the border - and in particular their ability to cross into Afghanistan from areas of sanctuary in Pakistan's tribal areas - has constantly hindered NATO and Afghan attempts to combat Taliban militants. The presence of a joint task force with ...
The escalation of violence provoked a mass movement of people, the majority of whom sought refuge in India. Although this heavyinfluxof refugees included a good portion of the Hindus who had remained in East Bengal after partition, many were Muslims. In fact, although the Pakistan army argued ...
Addressing the ceremony in the capital, Hussain urged the nation to look to the wisdom of its founders when facing the current “hot” environment. “Solutions to all the problems of this time persist in our ideologies, thoughts of leaders of our freedom movement and our bright history,” he...
A number of prominent Muslim reformers of the nineteenth century tried their best to encourage female education, to enable greater freedom of movement among women, to eradicate or limit polygamy, and to guarantee women's rights under Islamic rule. Many of the graduates of the Anglo-Oriental ...
He remained active in the Freedom Movement and was Chairman of the Julundar Chapter of the Muslim League. In 1948 he started practicing at Lahore High Court. He was elevated to the High Court Bench in 1955 and in 1965 was raised to the Supreme Court Bench. Justice Yaqub Ali was ...
“Now everybody is convinced that women should be independent in their movement to schools, jobs and markets,” she said. Women driving two-wheelers has been a cultural and religious taboo, said Bushra Iqbal Hussain, a social activist and director of Safe Childhood, an organisation advocating ...