Born on November 9, 1877 in Sialkot, the Allama was a great representative of the subcontinent and an important personality for the Pakistan Movement, which is why he is also called Mufakir-i-Pakistan. This is recording from program Aadab-e-Khud Aagahi for Iqbal's Birthday special and Mian Yousuf Salahuddin tells that Rahat Himself asked to… Read more...

Baba Bulleh Shah is a Cultural Icon in the Heritage of Pakistani. His  Bulleh Shah (1680 – 1757) (Urdu/Punjabi بلہے شاہ,). His real name was Abdullah Shah. He was a Punjabi Sufi Poet, a Humanist and Philosopher. His thoughts and ideas were eons ahead of his time.  He debunked the… Read more...

THE HEAVENLY VOICE OF IMMORTAL AFGHAN SINGER USTAD NASHENAS Nashenas (Pashto/Farsi: ناشناس), born as Sadiq Fitrat, (Pashto/Farsi: صادق فطرت) is a famous Afghan singer since the 1970s whose albums consist of Pashto, Dari, and some Urdu songs. Nashenas was born in Kandahar, Afghanistan.His native tongue is Pashto but can also… Read more...

It would be sad if it wasn’t funny     A sense of humour, like philosophy, may not suffice to avert difficulties that befall individuals and nations, but it can go a long way toward making them somewhat bearable. Whatever else one may say about Pakistanis – and they have… Read more...

IN BALOCH traditions, if a boy is too rebellious and hard to control, the best thing for the folks in the neighborhood is to reach out to his father. If the father is not at home, they would most likely reach out to the boy’s elder brother. Major General Ubaidullah… Read more...

Reasons to Love Your Mother-in-Law   While in the U.S. we’re familiar with Bring Your Daughter to Work Day, established to help girls get a feel for a career track, in other parts of the world older women are celebrated for the help they have given younger women with their… Read more...

‘Saving Face’ filmmakers Daniel Junge, left, and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy accept their Oscar for best documentary short at the 84th Annual Academy Awards. And the award went to Pakistan at Sunday night’s 84th annual Academy Awards. “Saving Face,” a film about a British-Pakistani plastic surgeon, Mohammad Jawad who cares for the… Read more...

Ameer Hamza Khan Shinwari Best Pashto Poetry Hamza Shinwari Pashto great poet pashto best ghazal "Poetry" in Picture.   HAZRAT AMIR HAMZA SHINWARI BABA Chishti Nizami Niazi (R. A.) حضرت امیر حمزہ شنواری بابا چشتی نظامی نیازی   Amir Hamza Khan Shinwari Baba was a leading mystic luminary of the twentieth century, with… Read more...

Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai (also referred to by the honorifics Lakhino Latif, Latif Ghot, Bhittai, and Bhitt Jo Shah) (1689 – 1752) was a Sindhi Sufi scholar, mystic, saint, poet, and musician. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest poets of the Sindhi language. His collected poems… Read more...