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Wednesday, July 23, 2025
TopicMohammad Ali JInnah

Topic: Mohammad Ali JInnah

Waqf is anti-Quran. Muslim elite used it to build political power

Waqf is rarely seen running charities because it has been more about building and maintaining the Muslim elite’s power than about charity.

If secularism was defined thinly, Jinnah was one. Go deeper & he was majoritarian not theocrat

Retaining their Muslimness and Indian nationality in full, the notion of equality-as-parity challenged Mohammad Ali Jinnah's supposedly dangerous demand for Pakistan.

8-yr-old Hindu boy is youngest victim of Pakistan blasphemy law. Jinnah would’ve frowned

An 8-year-old Hindu boy in Pakistan’s Punjab province accidentally walked into a madrassa and allegedly urinated out of fear. He was accused of blasphemy.

BJP sent Yogi, Nadda to Darbhanga to take on Congress candidate it calls ‘Jinnah sympathiser’

Congress’s Maskoor Usmani is contesting from Jale seat in Darbhanga, where Yogi Adityanath & JP Nadda campaigned in last 2 days, claiming credit for Ram Mandir, Article 370 removal.

Pakistan’s in a state of confusion because it was born in state of confusion: Pervez Hoodbhoy

Speaking at a cultural festival in Karachi, nuclear physicist Pervez Hoodbhoy criticised Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the two-nation theory and the ruling government.

Top court seeks Centre’s response to Shia Waqf Board’s plea against ‘un-Islamic flags’

Petitioner has claimed that green flags with a crescent and a star are "un-Islamic" and resemble the flag of a Pakistani political party.

Pakistanis blame everyone but themselves for their problems

In his new book ‘Re-imagining Pakistan’, Husain Haqqani rightly points out that the blame for what ails the country is rarely put on Pakistanis...

Partition 1947 – A lesson for 2017

Gurinder Chaddha’s film on partition has no real victors – all characters are taken over by a sense of defeat and betrayal. And just as well. Sanya Dhingra

#TalkPoint: Should we relegate Partition to history books?

Should India consider Partition a history project or does its legacy continue to impact the country today? We ask the experts.

On Camera

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.