LITERARY NOTES: A history of naat in Urdu, its research and criticism
NAAT is an Arabic word and it means, literally, praise...
In Urdu, naat means the praise of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH)...
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ArchiveNaat recitation to start NA session
ISLAMABAD: Starting on Wednesday, the National Assembly will open its daily session with a Naat recitation...
While presenting the motion, Mr Safdar stated that love for Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was a part of every Muslim’s faith and mandatory recitation of Naat would add to the respect of the house...
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ArchiveLiterary Notes: Pakistani languages and ‘naat’: a shared heritage
Organised by a university, the conference was convened to discuss Pakistan’s language policy...
Neither were these foreigners, albeit scholars, experts on Pakistan’s history or culture and yet they actively participated in the debates, discussing what should be Pakistan’s language policy...
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PakistanMQM wants to make reciting of ‘Naat’ in NA mandatory
ISLAMABAD: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) members of the National Assembly on Tuesday sought to make reciting of ‘Naat’ mandatory in the house...
Proposing amendment to rule numbers 48, 69 and 112 of the Rules and Procedure and Conduct of the National Assembly, MQM MNA Sheikh Salahuddin said reciting of Naat followed by recitation of the Holy Quran on daily basis should be made part of the rules...
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ArchiveNaat contest
KARACHI: The 30th Bain-ul-Madaris Naat Competition-2015 is being organised in a hotel here on June 27...
The competition will be hosted by the Pakistan Crescent Youth Organisation...
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PakistanPakistan won’t act as US proxy, says Asif
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif on Thursday said that Pakistan’s interests could not be sacrificed for the sake of American interests...
“Unlike past, we would not, under any circumstances, act as a US proxy...
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ArchivePakistan rubbishes Indian army chief's allegations about new 'proxy' group in occupied Kashmir
The Foreign Office on Saturday rejected Indian army chief General MM Naravane's recent comments in which he levelled terrorism allegations and hurled threats against Pakistan...
In an interview to Indian media outlets earlier this week, Naravane had alleged that Pakistan has created a "new terror group" in Indian-occupied Kashmir called 'The Resistance Front'...
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WorldNetflix to block proxy access to content not available locally
The announcement comes just a week after Netflix went live in more than 130 countries including Pakistan...
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WorldChina says Russia, US must avoid fighting proxy war in Syria
BEIJING: The United States (US) and Russia must not allow the conflict in Syria to develop into a full-blown proxy war, China's ruling Communist Party said Tuesday, chiding both Moscow and Washington for having an outdated Cold War mindset...
"People shouldn't allow the Syrian conflict to escalate into a full-scale proxy war, or lightly give up on efforts to find a political solution to the Syrian crisis and cannot permit the Syrian...
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PakistanEra of proxy wars should end in South Asia: Olson
PESHAWAR: While praising sacrifices of the Pakistan Army and Zarb-e-Azb’s “disruptive effect on terrorists” in North Waziristan Agency, US Ambassador Richard Olson has said that it is time proxy wars in South Asia come to an end...
“I think the era of proxy war in South Asia should come to an end,” said Ambassador Olson, adding that they should end regardless of who was behind such wars in the region...
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PakistanSacrificing by proxy
But being Muslim, I also want to fulfil our Islamic obligation which is where such services come in as a blessing,” Shahid Ali Khan, one customer of sacrificing by proxy told Dawn...
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ArchiveA case against Indonesian military’s ‘proxy war’ obsession
THE Indonesian Military (TNI) has become increasingly obsessed with selling the idea that Indonesia is in the midst of a “proxy war”...
COAS General Gatot Nurmantyo has led this charge since 2014, when he travelled around the country to speak about how Indonesia was in the middle of a proxy war...
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ArchivePatti Smith, speech by proxy to fill in Dylan void at Nobel
STOCKHOLM: Nobel literature laureate Bob Dylan will provide a speech and fellow American singer-songwriter Patti Smith will perform one of his best-known songs in his absence during Stockholm’s prize celebrations, the awards body said on Monday...
Smith will perform ‘A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall’ at the Nobel banquet on Dec 10 while Dylan’s speech would also be read out at the event, the Nobel Prize organisers said on Twitter -
ArchivePoisoned toothpaste and exploding phones: Israel’s proxy for war
POISONED toothpaste that takes a month to end its target’s life...
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ArchiveCountry will never act as US proxy in any war: Asif
ISLAMABAD: While giving a policy statement in the National Assembly, Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif said on Friday that Pakistan would not serve as a proxy for the United States in any war...
The foreign minister said people of Afghanistan and other Muslim countries often wanted Pakistan to take part in the wars fought within their borders...
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