July 26, 2021
The book titled Mutaleaat-e-Hamd-o-Naat written by Naseem-e-Sahar is a collection of articles on Hamd-o-Naat writing poets. These articles, elaborating the topic of Hamd-o-Naat, its nature and development in Urdu, open up new perspectives for those who want to study and research poetry and its different genres.
Hamd-o-Naat are two rich genres of poetry in which a poet praises Allah Almighty and Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) respectively. According to the author, the poets who compose Naat try to express their love and admiration for the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him). However, they should make sure that the verses they write in Naat have literary standards.
Books to read
December 28, 2020
Here are some interesting books. The first one is an autobiography titled Journey Through History by Lt-Gen Zahid Ali Akbar Khan, published by Ferozsons, Lahore. The book details his very interesting career and personal experiences. He has had a chequered career and is well-known in Pakistan as a dashing, go-getter officer who was also chairman Wapda and chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board.
I have known him very well as a person from his association with KRL in its early formative years. After KRL (then Engineering Research Laboratories and renamed by Gen Zia) was established as a separate entity and given into my charge, I requested Gen Zia (then COAS) to give me a team of civil engineers from the army.