Conscious evolution
By participating in the life of our communal self consciously, we can achieve a society free from want and fear.
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India
National organization
The individual transformation also requires a change in actions and behaviour, and this change should be motivated by the desire to have a national organization. Pakistan came into being because this desire got realized.
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The seven stages of Pakistan
When seen from the point of view of the founding parents of the country, our history reveals that we have a collective ego, or a communal self, which has been conceiving and achieving its goals.
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“2017” – revisiting my five-year-old book about the present year
In my book 2017: The Battle for Marghdeen, published five years ago, I wrote that a major turning point would occur in the history of Pakistan in 2017. I wish to thank those friends and readers who have been recalling it in the light of the recent developments in the country. On the suggestion of
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A parallel between the Indo-Pakistan War of 1965 and the defeat of the Spanish Armada
On the morning of September 6, 1965, the people of Pakistan (including the present-day Bangladesh) learnt that their country was under attack because the Indian forces had crossed the international boundary near Lahore. For the next seventeen days, the media kept informing the nation that heavy losses were being inflicted on the enemy. When the
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The South Asian Declaration of Independence
When the founders of the Unites States decided to break away from the British rule, they put down their reasons in a document. This is the US Declaration of Independence, unanimously signed by 56 representatives of ‘the thirteen united states of America’ on July 4, 1776. Likewise, in the Indian subcontinent, some 450 elected leaders
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The Delhi Resolution 1946
Adopted by the majority of the elected representatives of the Muslims of the subcontinent at the All-India Muslim League Legislators’ Convention, Delhi, April 9, 1946 Download PDF Whereas in this vast subcontinent of India a hundred millions are the adherents of a faith which regulates every department of their life (educational, social, economic and political),
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Iftikhar Arif and M. Suheyl Umar on ‘Iqbal: His Life and Our Times’
‘Iqbal: His Life and Our Times fulfils the need for a simple and reliable introduction to the life and work of this unmatched genius, highlighting the practical relevance of his ideas for those who wish to consider them for implementation.’ This write-up from the renowned poet and scholar Iftikhar Arif and M. Suheyl Umar, former
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The wall
The Express Tribune, Sunday Magazine, November 11, 2012 On December 16, 1971, the Pakistani army stationed in the eastern wing of its country laid down arms before its Indian counterpart. The apparent regional supremacy of India was further enhanced by a nuclear test on May 18, 1974, when the Buddha smiled amid a radioactive haze.
The Reconstruction as a commentary on Javid Nama
Iqbal Review, Volume 47, Number 4, October 2006, pp.42-45 The article offers a few observations on the relationship between two major works of Iqbal The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam (1930/34) and Javid Nama (1932) and explores the question as to whether Iqbal meant the Reconstruction to be a form of commentary on his
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