Pakistani Energy Sector: Electricity Policy Recommendations Report
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY As the rate of urbanization increases major cities in Pakistan are growing at an exponential rate. Karachi, a major industrial region, has grown...
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Economic Significance Of Pakistani Leather Industry
The value of production and value added by the leather industry is given in the table below (figures were only available uptil the year 1991)....
Jimmy Engineer paints Javed Nama – Dr. Allama Iqbal greatest Persian Masnavi
In the forward of Javed Nama, Dr. Hamid Yazdani, translator of Farsi Iqbaliaat, documents that Allama Iqbal had a desire to have his greatest Farsi...
Book Review: Bingo by Rita Mae Brown
The idea of a book changing your life is as stupid an idea as a waxing lady that will be cheap, painless and very good...
Mayae Ni Main Kinno Aakhan: Poem by Dr.Nayyar Samdani
Mayae Ni Main Kinno Aakhan: Punjabi Poem by Dr. Nayyar Samdani of GCU Lahore.
IndoPak…This is Rest of South Asia speaking – By H. Nambiar
It might be a trifle churlish to remind Indians and Pakistanis that they alone do not South Asia constitute. But each have at different...
آوازِ نسواں: شرمین عبید
صائمہ حسیب اگرچہ ہم آسکر کا نام تو سنتے رہتے تھے۔ لیکن اس لفظ کی مسلسل تکرار اس وقت سننے میں آئی جب شرمین عبید...
Effects of Sufism on Persian Literature [Farsi Adab Per Tussawaf ke Asaraat] – Dr. Hina Ishaq
Effects of Sufism on Persian Literature [Farsi Adab Per Tussawaf ke Asaraat] – Urdu Article from Dr. Hina Ishaq Dr. Hina Ishaq contributed this article...
Zia Mohyeddin: The Master of Urdu Literature Recitals
When it comes to Urdu Literature Recitals as an art form, Zia Mohyeddin stands in a league of his own. Mastering the art of delivering each word...
Poems from Prison by Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Mahmoud Dervish & Nazim Hikmet
I always thought that Faiz Ahmad Faiz owed a “Thank you” card to his Imprisoners. Just like that Pablo Neruda should have done the same to General Pinochet, Nazim Hikmet...
Moses: As in Kalam of Allama Iqbal
Moses led his people, the Israelis from Egypt to the Promised Land. As narrated in Quran, Israelists were able to cross the Red Sea, but the...
Creation of Hindu ’Madrasas’ – By. R. Talib
(Text of a talk on “Saffronization of Indian Education” given at the YMCA, New Delhi) I am neither an educationist nor an expert on Hindutva....
Naqsh Faryaadi Hai Kis Ki: Diwan-e-Ghalib’s Mysterious Prelude
Naqsh Faryaadi Hai Kis Ki Shokhi-e-Tehreer Ka Kaghazi Hai Pairahan her Paikar-e-Tasveer Ka Against whose embellished writing are my such words of lament Constructed of...
Growing Up In Old Lahore : Chasing Used Books – By Ali Farhad
I grew up in Androon Shehr (old city) of Lahore in the 1980s. Most of my childhood and teenage years were spent in my Nana...
Parveen Shakir: Two Of Her Most Romantic Works
Parveen Shakir: Two Of Her Most Romantic Works A Simple Request Dear Lord, I understand the duty of a hostess. But please let it be...
Cognitive Responses to Advertising in Pakistan
We asked Pakistani consumer regarding ongoing TV advertising. Below is the summary of feedback received: The Daimler Chrysler “Masterpiece” Ad: In this particular advertisement,...
Methods in Business Research – eCommerce
INTRODUCTION We are on the verge of a revolution that is just as profound as the change in the economy that came with...
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Dil Na-Umeed to Nahin, Nakaam Hi to Hai – Faiz Ahmed Faiz
Faiz Ahmed Faiz faced a difficult life amidst military trials, accusations of sedition [rawalpindi sazish] and imprisonment, yet always remains a poet of hope and...
Interest, Savings and Investment: Pakistani Economy
Interest, Savings and Investment: Pakistani Economy Interest rate is at the center of the financial activities going on in the economy. Therefor e the...
Vishwamitra: In Kalam of Allama Iqbal – By Prof. M. Hassan
Vishwamitra was an Indian sage in the ancient times. He was the tutor of Ram. He lived the life of a hermit in a...
Manzir: Remembering Faiz the Poet, the Artist
Manzir: Remembering Faiz the Poet, the Artist “Rah Guzar, sayey, shajar, manzil door, halqa-e-baam, Baam par seena-e-mahtab khulaa, ahistaa”.. These verses reveals the mastery of Faiz in...
Oval of GCU Lahore: Mentioned in Iqbal’s Biography by Dr. Javed Iqbal
Oval Ground of GCU Lahore remains an integral part of campus, where many generations of Ravians has enjoyed discussions and socializing. It is mentioned in...
Faiz’s Ek ‘Rahguzar Par’ Poem and GCU Lahore
Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s extremely early ghazal ‘Ek Rahguzar Par’ could very possibly be a poem he penned at GCU Lahore, probably inspired by the...
Ghazal by Kawish Abbasi
غزل – کاوش عباسی سبھی تیر جو مِرے تَن پہ ہیں ، ہیں عنایتیں میرے یار کی اُسی یار کی مِرے خوں نے دی جِسے...
