Twenty Three Students Expelled From Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad Alice honey,

My opinion of HP has absolutely nothing to do with what anyone said to him. It has everything to do with what I think of him myself.

He is an arrogant person who gets off on thinking how fabulous he is.

Twenty Three Students Expelled From Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad You tell him, Kulharee!

I couldnt have said it better myself!

Bravo!

Twenty Three Students Expelled From Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad Kulharee dear,

Its no use trying to deflate HP's ego. Its his only defense mechanism in this big bad world.

By the way, it is absolutely horribe what has been done to these medical students. Whether Qadiyani or not, they are Pakistanis first and their right have been trampled on.

Sad!

Little Pakistan: Brooklyn’s Coney Island Avenue IS Feroz Qutabshahi the same person as Kulharee?

The Irreverent Hero Islam Forgot Great essay!
I really liked it. I grew up in Lahore, Pakistan and reading was one of my great past times. In my grandfather's library there was this really thick and very old volume of Daastaan-e-Amir Hamza and it was written in old urdu. It had some pages missing in the front and the back, but nevertheless it was one of my most favorite books to read. It transported one immediately into a land of magic and fantasy.

There was also another version of the Daastan-e-Amir Hamza which was published by Feroz sons, although I cant seem to remember the name of the author. I really liked that version too as it was written in more modern urdu and included characters from magical realms like Tilsm-Hoshrubaa. My favorite characters was Malika Bahar who later marries Amir Hamza and helps in the fight against the evil Shehenshah Afrasiyaab.

I would love to buy this book.

My Top Ten Novels by Desi Writers Dostmittar sahib,

I understand your point, but I can transcribe urdu poetry in english alphabet as well; It wouldnt mean that I wrote it both in Urdu and English.

I hope you understand what I mean. Writing in two scripts the same thing physically means not the same thing as writing in two different languages with a distinct expression. I have seen javed Akhtar's urdu poetry written in Devnagri script and published.

Its still Hindustani poetry and not Hindi.

My Top Ten Novels by Desi Writers Munshi Prem Chand wrote neither in Urdu of Pakistan, nor the Hindi of modern India. He wrote in Hindustani!

My Top Ten Novels by Desi Writers The list is also incomplete without "Udaas Naslain" by Abdullah Hassan.

What is Hinduism? A Personal View HP,

Have you never heard of Multhanaspura or the Saraswati River?

What is Hinduism? A Personal View Nature Lover,

I have been to many Hindu temples and I have heard of nor seen people putting cow urine in food items.

All the hindus I know have never comsumed Cow Urine.

What is Hinduism? A Personal View Dost Mittar Sahib,

Great article!

You are to be commended!

As a scholar of Religious Studies, you have presented a very scholarly article on Hinduism and explained its belief system and history very well.

The points contained within your essay are shared by the foremost scholars of religion in the world.

Thank you

I was born a Muslim. I consider myself to be both a Muslim and a Hindu. My Hinduism professor Gail Sutherland told me once that she perceived me to be more of a Hindu than a Muslim. I think she was right.

I am not an arab or an Iranian.

I am first and foremost a person of Indian cultural ethnicity.

That very fact makes me a Hindu for I am too a person who was born on the east side of the River Sindhu, in the land of Sapt-Sindhu!

Mehrgarh...The Lost Civilization It would also behoove the author to provide references for the assertions he has made in reference to Mehrgarh.

Where are you getting all this information for? Whose ideas are these?

Please provide citations.

Mehrgarh...The Lost Civilization The author's assertion about no civilization being older than 4000 BCE has no merit.
The following statement by the author is completely erroneous,

"But when the comparative studies are conducted then we come to know that all these civilization developments except Mehrgarh are not older than 4000 B.C in Middle East , Europe, China, Asia and other parts of world. In town of Jericho there have been found large quantity of grains ranging back to 12000 years old, but there are no settled town found there before about 4000 B.C."

The first known human civilization by modern man was seen in Catal Huyuk, Turkey from around 7500 BCE. Please google it.

Also the Yangtze farmers were farming millet around 9000 BCE.

The author would do well to carefully proofread his papers and carefully research before making absolute statements.

Islam as a political weapon in Pakistan Dear Author,

Thank you for this wonderful essay. As a person who was born in the late seventies and grew up during Zia's rule, the various points contained within your essay clearly rang true. I remember when I was in 5th grade in the early 1980's, Arabic language was made compulsory in our school, though this policy was discontinued with the demise of Zia.

As you pointed out, its funny that Islamization policies during Bhutto's and Zia's regimes focused on curtailing individual freedom, but never managed to do anything really productive for the people of Pakistan.

A universal healthcare system was never introduced.

A social welfare system wasnt instituted either.

Rather, rights of half of the populations i.e. our women were severely curtailed.

You are right, Saudi Money had a lot to do with Bhutto's and Zia's policies as well as the rise of Madrassas in Pakistan.

MY Islamic Studies professor Dr. Arthur F Buehler gave a lecture in 2002 on the rise of Fundamentalism and Madrassas in Pakistan, and he said that before the 1970's there were only four hundred some Madrassas in Pakistan and by the middle of 1980's there were close to 9000.

He also postulated that the lifeblood of these Madrassas were the petrodollars finding their way from Saudi Arabia.

Making a Mockery of Democracy Gill Sahib,

You are a great writer but this article leaves something more to be desired. Usually your analyses are well thought out and quite well developed, but here you leave us wondering whether you yourself knew the main idea behind this article.

As HP pointed out this article seems rehashing on William Dalrymple's article. I tend to agree with him, although I have faith that you should be back full force in your next article.

As far as Bilawal is concerned, I feel bad for the poor kid. Its a very heavy responsibility for his young shoulders. I am sure the same people who assassinated his mother would love to get their hands on him.

I see the future as an ominous one for him. Nothing good will come out of him entering this dark abyss of Pakistani politics. May Allah protect this child, and keep him safe.

Its one thing to lose your mother, but another to be made the sacrificial animal to assuage the political ambitions of his father.

God help him.

Benazir Bhutto: Death of Hope and Dilemma The greatest tragedy is for her three children.

They will never know their mother again.

She will never hug them or love them.

My heart goes out to them. Poor Children!

May God ease their pain.