Death Anniversary of Muslim activist and founder of a revolutionary Islamic movement Syed Ahmad Barelvi observed on Monday.Syed Ahmad was born near Lucknow (India) in the small town of Rai Bareli in 1786.For two years he studied under the son of Shah Wali Ullah learning the Quran and the Hadith. ...

The 2nd death anniversary of noted writer A Hameed was observed on Monday. Famous Urdu fiction writer Abdul Hameed (known as A Hameed) wrote more than 200 books.Abdul Hameed, was born in 1928 in Amritsar (British India). He passed his secondary education in Amritsar, passed intermediate in Pakistan ...

LAHORE - Caretaker Information Minister Arif Nizami said on Saturday that Pakistan was the dream of Dr Allama Muhammad Iqbal and it was founded on the basis of democracy. Addressing a function held in connection with the death anniversary of Iqbal, he said Pakistan had been founded on the basis of ...

LAHORE : The Punjab Rangers remembered the Gyari martyrs on the anniversary of avalanche tragedy, said a spokesman. Special prayers were held at the Rangers Headquarter mosque, followed by Qaran Khwani.

MAILSI - A condolence to pay tribute to senior journalist Ikramul Haq Rabbani was held at Mailsi Press Club here the other day. Rabbani had died of kidney failure a couple weeks ago.Press Club members including Aslam Khan Yousafzai, Sanaullah Qureshi, Hamayun Akhtar, Yousaf Chohan, Naveedul Hassan ...

MAILSI - A condolence to pay tribute to senior journalist Ikramul Haq Rabbani was held at Mailsi Press Club here the other day. Rabbani had died of kidney failure a couple weeks ago.Press Club members including Aslam Khan Yousafzai, Sanaullah Qureshi, Hamayun Akhtar, Yousaf Chohan, Naveedul Hassan ...

SHEIKHUPURA - Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi was a great short-story writer, poet and prolific columnist therefore he will be remembered for his services for Urdu literature and journalism, say speakers.Union of Writers Pakistan (UWP) Chairman Fazal Mehmood stated during a ceremony arranged under the aegis of ...

NEW YORK  - Americans honored Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday with a traditional day of service as well as a new wave of economic injustice protests by Occupy Wall Street. On the first King holiday since the now-global Occupy movement launched in NY City in Sept, the reignited debate over ...

LAHORE Religious organisations from various schools of thought organised seminars and rallies across the country including the City on Wednesday to commemorate the historic legislation of declaring Qadiyanis as non-Muslims in 1974 for violating finality of the Holy Prophet (PBUH). As part of the ...

LAHORE - The Government College Universitys historic Bokhari Auditorium resounded with Kalam-e-Faiz (Faiz poetry) on Wednesday as the University paid a rich tribute to the Old Ravian, Faiz Ahmad Faiz, in connection with the noted poets centennial birth anniversary. Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Muhammad ...

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari Tuesday paid glowing tributes to late Shahbaz Bhatti, saying that the sacrifice rendered by him for the country, the party and the minorities community for promoting interfaith harmony and tolerance would not go in vain and would be remembered for a very long ...

LONDON - Minhaj Burna was a role model for the journalists in the past and for times to come, and his struggle for freedom of speech and the rights of workers of newspaper industry both journalists and support staff would go a long way in the annals of history as an example of unflinching and ...

ISLAMABAD - The Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL) acknowledged the services rendered by Hamid Javed Khan, an employee of ZTBL who died in a plane crash last year in Islamabad, this was stated by President ZTBL, Zaka Ashraf, in a simple award giving ceremony here on Thursday. Hamid Javed Khan, an ...

LAHORE Halqa-i-Arbab-i-Zauq organised a literary session to remember classical Urdu poet Mir Taqi Mir at Aiwan-e-Iqbal here on Sunday. The sitting was presided over by Dr Tariq Zaidi and Khurshid Rizvi while Marghoob Hussain Tahir, Rafiq Azhar, Mashkoor Hussain Yad and Hussain Majrooh presented ...

LAHROE Khaksar Tehreek Pakistan (KTP) Friday organised a seminar titled Allama Masharqi and Tameer-e-Pakistan to commemorate the 47th death anniversary of Allama Inayat Ullah Masharqi at Alhamra Hall. Addressing the gathering, head of KTP Dr Sabeeha Al-Masharqi said that the great mathematician ...

LAHORE - Late Nawab Zulfiqar Ali Khan Mamdot and late Kh Habibullah Kakru had played vital in Pakistan Movement and after the partition they remained engage working actively for the solidarity of the country. Both the leaders remained associated with the struggle for the independence of Kashmiris ...

KARACHI - There is no doubt that the real heroes and the men of crisis of Pakistani nation are mostly remained out-screened but played decisive role in building the nation and also to put it out of the crisis. Tragically, such characters are unanimous among the majority, while the nation comes to ...

Pakistan Muslim League (N) chief Nawaz Sharif said that the 12th October would be remembered as the unlucky day in the history of the country as a dictator on this day smashed democracy and democratic institutions. In his message on the occasion of the 12th October, the leader of the PML(N) said ...

KARACHI - The Karachi University (KU) on Saturday organised a one-day national conference at KU Arts Auditorium to commemorate 57th death anniversary of Maulana Hasrat Mohani (falling on May 13). KU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui inaugurated the conference, jointly organised ...