Rabia of Basra (Arabic: رابعة البصري, romanized: Rābiʿa al-Baṣrī; c. 714, 717 or 718—801) was an Arab Muslim saint and Sufi mystic.She is known in some parts of the world as, Hazrat Bibi Rabia Basri, Rabia Al Basri or simply Rabia Basri. Rābiʻa is said to have been born between 714 and 718 CE (95 and 98 Hijri) in Basra, Iraq, of the Qays tribe. Farid ud-Din Attar, a later Sufi saint and poet, recounted much of… Read More »
Eid ul Adha, also prominently known as the festival of sacrifice (‘Id al-Qurban or ‘Id al-Kabir) marks the completion of Hajj (pilgrimage)rites at Mina, Saudi Arabia. The majestic feast of mutton that is served on this day holds a historic symbolization. This tale of Sacrifice started from a historic event of distant time, when Prophet Ibrahim(Abraham) had a… Read More »
The winds of winter usually rob you of your glowing skin, making you want to stock up on even more moisturisers and creams. But what’s the point of investing in skincare products worth thousands of rupees when the best ingredients to get glowing skin are all available in your pantry? Even without the winter, glowing skin is tough… Read More »
Punjab Governor Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar has handed over 10,000 masks, 10,000 sanitizers and 10,000 hyroxycholoroquine injections to Provincial Health Minister Dr. Yasmin Rashid.Punjab Governor Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar also launched ‘Ration’ mobile phone application (app.) of Punjab Development Network. According to details, Punjab Governor Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar held a meeting with Provincial Health Minister Dr. Yasmin Rashid at Governor… Read More »
The head of a large division of a multinational corporation was running a meeting devoted to performance assessment. Each senior manager stood up, reviewed the individuals in his group, and evaluated them for promotion. Although there were women in every group, not one of them made the cut. One after another, each manager declared, in effect, that every… Read More »
KARACHI: A huge fireball meteor appeared over Karachi’s skyline on January 29 which stargazers caught on camera. As a video of the meteor went viral on social media, it left netizens amused and puzzled as to what the phenomenon meant. According to social media users, they saw a “fast-moving, colourful object” in the sky on Saturday evening at… Read More »
Safe public buses help more women get to school, jobs * Peshawar’s BRT system boosts safety, hires female staff * Getting to the bus stop remains a problem for many women By Zofeen T. Ebrahim PESHAWAR, Pakistan, May 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Pakistani student Mah Jabeen credits a new public bus system in her home city with… Read More »
The debate regarding whether Pakistan’s incumbent Prime Minister Imran Khan offered Eid prayer or not has rekindled the memories of senior citizens in the country, one of whom dished in on the matter with a reference to the founding father of Pakistan, Quaid e Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah.Muhammad Arif detailed an interesting tale of how Quaid e Azam offered his first Eid… Read More »
The festival of Eid ul Azha , the Festival of Fast-breaking, is an important religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. The holiday celebrates the conclusion of the 29 or 30 days of dawn-to-sunset fasting during the entire month of Ramadan. As the date of Eid depends… Read More »
Ever since I got a phone as a kid and started texting a lot, I have been curious about the statistics of this activity, and for a long time, I wasn’t able to answer these questions. However, my texting habits progressively shifted from SMS to Facebook Messenger, to the point that I now use almost exclusively Facebook Messenger… Read More »