Both Urdu and Islam came to play different, and even opposing, roles in the power dynamics of post-partition Muslim communities in Pakistan and north India. In Pakistan the ruling elite, which was ...

ISLAMABAD: Chairman Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL), Dr Muhammad Yousuf Khushk lauded the valuable contribution of noted Urdu poet, dramatist, critic, columnist and fiction writer, Amjad Islam Amjad ...

Two UK-based organisations promoting Urdu also said that it was “troubling” for such opposition to emanate from a city like Kolkata. The Wire is now on WhatsApp. Follow our channel for sharp analysis ...

Poet-lyricist Javed Akhtar on Monday asserted that he believed he was “doing something right as long as both” Hindu and Muslim fundamentalists were abusing him, his comments coming against the ...

Doha, Qatar: Hundreds of members from the Urdu- and Malayalam-speaking communities attended a series of lectures that addressed various topics related to family, the Muslim community, and contemporary ...

The book has been released by the Karachi-based publishing house Dar al-Thaqalayn, which has earlier published books on Imam Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic. “An Outline of Islamic ...

Dharwad: The Anjuman-e-Islam (North Karnataka) has expressed deep concern and disappointment over objections raised by certain individuals against the use of Urdu in official invitations issued by the ...

Doha: The Sheikh Abdulla Bin Zaid Al Mahmoud Islamic Cultural Center, in cooperation with Qatar Radio, presents the Urdu-language programme Noor wa Baseera. The programme receives listeners’ questions ...

The State-run West Bengal Urdu Academy, which was all set to hold a four-day festival to celebrate Urdu in Hindi cinema, has put off the event following opposition from some Islamic organisations to ...