Why am I against New Year resolutions? In order to explain, let us briefly discuss the concept of the surface structure and deep structure of communication…
The beauty of having a clear vision is that as much as it tells you what to do, it clearly tells you what not to do. When you say that your vision is to be in Islamabad next week…
Steven Kang, a cardiologist, writes in his article “Stress Can Increase Your Risk for Heart Disease,” published in the Health Encyclopedia of the University of Rochester Medical Center…
In my encounters with many unhappy individuals, I’ve noticed a recurring life misstep: instead of focusing on what lies within their control, they fixate on…
People have asked me about my position in the Israel-Hamas conflict. While I am not a scholar, here are my views. In Islam, the default state of the relationship….
Miseducating children is a far greater crime than not educating them!
John Taylor Gatto was a seventh-grade teacher with twenty-six years of experience…
While learning Digital Circuit Design as part of my EE degree, I learnt that when a circuit fails, it could be either an application fault or a design fault…
Children are one of the greatest assets to powerful visions. When a holder of a grand vision is not planning to have a lot of kids, I see a contradiction!…
When your realization that time is more important than money turns to belief, you have taken one of the most important steps towards creating a life of significance.
Saving time has two components: one is to reduce the time of doing stuff by cutting down on time-wasting activities, which contributes to our efficiency…
The Ala Zarf — the people of high Zarf (magnanimity) — will remain indebted to you for life on receiving favor and will strive to return it in multitudes….
After posting my last life lesson about not compromising our present excellence for the future, I have received several queries about further elaborating on the idea.
The misalignment of your profession with your ultimate purpose (ultimate purpose is the reason for our existence) is like a slow-progressing deadly cancer..
The word ‘think’ is a verb. Oxford Learner‘s Dictionary defines it as: “to use your mind to consider something, to form connected ideas, to try to solve problems, etc.”
Retire from your profession but not your vision! I once asked a government officer about his plans after retirement. He replied: “I will relax and play with my grandchildren.”
At 15,397 feet above sea level, the Khunjerab Pass is the world’s highest paved border crossing between Pakistan and China. It is twice the height of Murree (7,517 ft).
The golden rule for finding time for exercise, as Warren Buffett says, is: “Do not save what is left after spending, but spend what is left after saving.”
Is your interaction with social media positive or negative? When we interact with social media, we are either creating content (or sharing) or consuming content.
Do you want to catch the magic of the morning hours? Here are some steps to wake up early and catch those magical early morning hours, full of Barakah and productivity
Looking today at either side of the line drawn by Sir Henry Mortimer Durand on November 12, 1893, I realized that when an ideology weds the will to sacrifice, revolutions are born.
One important lesson I’ve learned in life is that if I don’t complete my plan for the day before Fajr (the pre-dawn prayer in Islam), I’ve already lost half the battle for that day.
If you enquire a highly distressed adult who has lost a cheap toy about the cause of his distress and were to learn that the reason is the misplacement of the toy, you would be shocked.
Like the girl at the Kabul Airport, Mullah Shakeeb could have also been a Pakistani citizen as he grew up, was educated, and spent decades in Pakistan.
Being extremely busy can be an exception but not the rule in your life. If this is the rule, then your most precious goals in your life are at a severe risk!
If you don‘t start your day without a proper to-do list, your credibility, your financial future, your relationships and your hereafter are all at risk!
Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one of the leading health Think Tanks of the US, states that people who have obesity, compared to those with a normal or [...]
کوئی جماعت یا ادارہ جس کے معنی خیز عزائم ہوں، اس کے افراد میں کچھ عزیمت پر چلنے والے اور کچھ رخصتوں کے راہرو تو ہو سکتے ہیں لیکن اس کی قیادت میں اہل رخصت
خلیل الرحمان قمر صاحب نے کچھ اپنے اشعار اپنے کتبے پر لکھنے کی وصیت کی ہے۔ میں چند لوگوں کو جانتا ہوں کہ اگر وہ بھی شاعری کرتے تو کچھ ایسے ہی اشعار اپنے کتبوں پر لکھے جانے کے خواہاں ہوتے:
We Muslims, as a nation, have ambitions in this world. In western styled democracy, a drug addict‘s vote equals that of someone like Dr. Amjad Saqib, Dr. Abdul Bari Khan, Dr. Javed Ghani, or Mufti Taqi Usmani.
Cognitive dissonance is a battle within, avoidance of which may require battles outside. A life of principles and values requires confrontations with the world.
Allah (SWT) has given us two gifts, amongst many, for our success in both worlds. First, all humans are bestowed with an innate ability to discern between good and evil. [...]
Why should you have a strong bond with your children? A bond between people is a strong feeling of friendship, love, or shared beliefs and experiences that unites them (Collins Dictionary).
As I am preparing for my eighth trip to Afghanistan since last February, the following verses of Iqbal flood my mind: نگاہِ فقر میں شانِ سکندری کیا ہے خراج کی [...]
I believe that recognition and appreciation – both for us as a person and in actions – are as innate needs of humans as water and oxygen. Just as plants [...]
