May God acquaint you with some gale Your tides no stir at all exhale — The Student (in Zarb-e-Kaleem) by Allama Iqbal The above verse from Iqbal’s poetry aptly depicts why we call him the Poet of the East. He touches one’s heart with his unimpeachable character and noble poetry. He was ever so fretful about the shambles of the Muslim …

A mother caresses her child; mollycoddles him every day. A father tackles his child’s mood swings daily; moves heaven and earth to fulfil his demands. Years after years, they make him sentient of his very role as an individual in this world. One day, he becomes cognizant of his duty as a responsible and learned member of the society. You …

 “Verily with every hardship comes ease.” — (Al-Quran) My heart is sinking into my boots; I don’t feel like doing something creative; I am at my wit’s end. These are the expressions that reverberate around us time and again. We are confronted with problems, worries and angst daily. We tend to be pusillanimous on the petty issues. We pettifog on …

Not so long ago, have Pakistanis seen halcyon days, when the land of milk and honey was ignorant of energy crisis, load shedding and other such terminologies. But it proved to be a nine day’s wonder until mid-2000s approached and our beloved country plunged into darkness. A country’s development and progress is heavily dependent on the energy sector. Calling it …