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History of the Jews in Pakistan goes back to 1839 when Pakistan was part of British India. [1] [2] Various estimates suggest that there were about 1,000 to 2,500 Jews living in Karachi at the beginning of the 20th century, mostly comprising Iranian Jews and Bene Israel (Indian Jews); [3] [4] [5] a substantial Jewish community lived in Rawalpindi, [1] and a smaller community also lived in Peshawar.
Daily Mashriq was founded in 1963 by Inayat Ullah Khan. [3] Its name translates to 'East' in Urdu. [1]In 1964, the newspaper was nationalized by the military regime of Ayub Khan and subsequently, it became part of the National Press Trust (NPT), which was established to manage nationalized independent newspapers in order to deter free media. [1]
As the word Mashriq refers to Arab countries located between the Mediterranean Sea and Iran, it is the companion term to Maghreb (Arabic: المغرب), the western half of the Arab world comprising Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia and western Libya. Libya may be regarded as straddling the two regions. Cyrenaica in eastern Libya is considered part of ...
Muhammad Iqbal. Sir Muhammad Iqbal (9 November 1877 – 21 April 1938) was a South Asian Islamic philosopher, poet and politician. [1][2][3][4] His poetry is considered to be among the greatest of the 20th century, [5][6][7][8] and his vision of a cultural and political ideal for the Muslims of British-ruled India [9] is widely regarded as ...
Raymond Allen Davis incident. Raymond Allen Davis is a former United States Army soldier, private security firm employee, and contractor with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). [4] On January 27, 2011, Davis shot two men in the back, killing both, in Lahore, Pakistan. At least one of the men was armed.
The city is a melting pot of ethnolinguistic groups from throughout Pakistan, as well as migrants from other parts of Asia. The 2017 census numerated Karachi's population to be 14,910,352, having grown 2.49% per year since the 1998 census, which had listed Karachi's population at approximately 9.3 million. [178]
Lab Pe Aati Hai Dua. " Lab Pe Aati Hai Dua " (Urdu: لب پہ آتی ہے دعا; also known as " Bachche Ki Dua "), is a duʿā or prayer, in Urdu verse authored by Muhammad Iqbal in 1902. [1] The dua is recited in morning school assembly almost universally in Pakistan, [2][3] and in Urdu-medium schools in India. [4][5]
Nawab Zain Yar Jang Bahadur. The Tomb of Allama Iqbal, or Mazar-e-Iqbal (Urdu: مزارِ اقبال), is the final resting place of Muhammad Iqbal, the national poet of Pakistan. Designed in the Mughal architectural style, the mausoleum is located next to the walls of the iconic Mughal-era Badshahi Mosque, within the Hazuri Bagh in Lahore ...