The following is the text of my keynote address at the celebration of 184th birth anniversary of Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah at the VIP Hall of the National Press Club, Dhaka. The ceremony was organized by Nawab Salimullah Academy, and held at approximately 11 am on 25 December 2024. I delivered my address through pre-recorded […]
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On 10 March 1941, less than a year after putting forward the demand for Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah addressed the students at the Muslim University Aligarh. The address was nothing less than a lecture on political science and remains, possibly, one of the most underrated speeches in the political literature of the world. Jinnah
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If you are interested in attending them, please send an email to khurramsdesk@gmail.com Rousseau and the Quran Sunday, 26 March 2023 from 2 pm to 3 pm PKST Goethe and the Quran Sunday, 2 April 2023 from 2 pm to 3 pm PKST Iqbal and the Quran Sunday, 9 April 2023 from 2 pm to 3
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These lessons were originally conducted from 12 February to 19 March 2023, and they are now available on YouTube. The purpose is to prepare a team of experts on the book How Jinnah Liberated India (2022), written by Khurram Ali Shafique. The book has been published internationally by Libredux UK and by Topline in Pakistan,
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An introduction to Iqbal’s book The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam Workshop by Khurram Ali Shafique 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm16, 17, 19, 20 January 2023(Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday) Dabistan-e-IqbalHouse 2, Bajwa St, Block S,Gulberg 2, LahorePh. 0300 8404661 Free Registration for buyers of How Jinnah Liberated India Allied Marketing Pvt Ltd125th Anniversary Celebrations
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Conversation with Khurram Ali Shafique Host Taimoor K MumtazIncluding book signing Wednesday 11 January 2023 Hast o Neest Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts3, Iftikhar Ahmad Malik Road, Shariff Colony, Canal Park, Gulberg II, Lahore. Query: 0321-4847091
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A small ceremony was held at Dabistan-e-Iqbal for introducing How Jinnah Liberated India as part of the 125th anniversary celebrations of Allied Marketing (Pvt) Ltd. on the evening of Friday 6 January 2023. Special thanks to Ms. Kanwal Zubair for arranging the event.
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Participated in a webinar through Zoom to give a talk about How Jinnah Liberated India on the morning of 26 December 2022, which was the evening of 25 December in Chicago, the main centre of the webinar. Recording is available on YouTube and embedded below. My segment starts at 20:28 (including my introduction by the
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I got an opportunity to talk about How Jinnah Liberated India on PTV in the live morning transmission on Wednesday, 21 December 2022. I was impressed by the professional and courteous behaviour of the producers but the facilities were not what I had expected. I could not even see the hosts (they were in Islamabad
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The first five copies of the Pakistani edition of How Jinnah Liberated India came out of the press on the afternoon of Monday 19 December 2022. The bulk was received the next day. Pre-orders had started pouring in by this time. The price of the Pakistani edition is Rs.1000, and a special introductory offer of
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