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In a city that has just made it to the cover of Time Magazine as one of the most violent cities in the world, Students at Karachi University visual arts department take a challenge to design a compassionate city campaign for Karachi. Read more

Charter for Compassion Pakistan has partnered with Sim Sim Hamara (Sesame Street) to design and launch a guest character on the show who will embody the principles of The Charter for Compassion. Read more

Participating in the challenge motivated me to do something for someone everyday by making me think of new ways to bring a smile to someone’s face or at least to ease their pain. Read more

The most important thing I want to teach our children is to appreciate all that we have, to always be generous and compassionate, and to care for others and give back. Read more

An awards ceremony was hosted by the Charter of Compassion Society of Pakistan (CFC) for the winners of a social media competition called 'Acts of Compassion: The Ramazan Challenge' at a local hotel here on Thursday. Read more

An exploration of compassion and empathy, or the lack thereof in Pakistan was the purpose of the event organised by the Charter for Compassion Society of Pakistan (CFC) – a local initiative based on the charter for compassion, a document drafted by people from different faiths and nationalities that aims to bring the world together. Read more

An exploration of compassion and empathy, or the lack thereof in Pakistan was the purpose of the event organised by the Charter for Compassion Society of Pakistan (CFC) – a local initiative based on the charter for compassion, a document drafted by people from different faiths and nationalities that aims to bring the world together.

This Ramadan lets give peace a chance. Ramadan is a beautiful and spiritual time in Pakistan. It is when we are reminded of our frailty and our power. For many it is a time to reconnect with friends and family, God, or for some, to atone for past sins by giving in charity.

London - The next London train was in ten minutes so I settled down on a bench on the windy platform and began to read my book; The Jews of Islam by Bernard Lewis promised to be a riveting read.

I am most concerned that Muslim 'clerics' amongst the mullahs camouflaged as scholars are putting Muslims into reverse gear. Sure there are good mullahs. I know at least one. But the good mullahs' voice is drowned in the din of the collective voice of the intolerance of the obscurant.

Hazrat Ali, the Great Khalif of Islam, and the first in the line of the Imamat, apart from his abiding contribution to spiritual thought, is known to the Arabic world as a great jurist and man of letters. According to the historian Masudi (Murooj-uz-Zahab Masudi Vol. II, p. 33. Egypt).

There have been innumerable stories of hate, violence and oppression from Pakistan and very few of hope, resilience and compassion. Not because we lack compassion, but because stories of hope are quite often drowned in news of hate and violence. Read more

I first met Salma at a school-turned relief camp in Hyderabad. We were there to distribute rations and Eid gifts for children a day before Eid. The thought of seeing a smile on the children's faces at the sight of new clothes, shoes and bangles kept us restless for days, until we finally began the distribution. Read more

When Syed Ali Khurram first entered the Karachi Relief Trust shelter in Thul, he was struck by the fact that men, women and children alike walked on the burnt soil, barefoot, their soles continually scorched by the unyielding earth. Read more