Both Urdu and Islam came to play different, and even opposing, roles in the power dynamics of post-partition Muslim communities in Pakistan and north India. In Pakistan the ruling elite, which was ...

According to Urdu Encyclopaedia of Islam, published by Punjab University in 23 volumes, in ancient treatises Sirhind’s name is mentioned as Saihrind and Sahrind. Another opinion is that it was ...

In addition, she has a strong interest in Urdu theatre, Urdu drama and dastan in Urdu language and literature. She even attempted to write the history of Urdu theatre and Urdu drama on the basis of ...

ISLAMABAD: Chairman Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL), Dr Muhammad Yousuf Khushk lauded the valuable contribution of noted Urdu poet, dramatist, critic, columnist and fiction writer, Amjad Islam Amjad ...

Poet-lyricist Javed Akhtar on Monday asserted that he believed he was “doing something right as long as both” Hindu and Muslim fundamentalists were abusing him, his comments coming against the ...

Doha, Qatar: Hundreds of members from the Urdu- and Malayalam-speaking communities attended a series of lectures that addressed various topics related to family, the Muslim community, and contemporary ...

Doha: The Sheikh Abdulla Bin Zaid Al Mahmoud Islamic Cultural Center, in cooperation with Qatar Radio, presents the Urdu-language programme Noor wa Baseera. The programme receives listeners’ questions ...