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Let the people be heard	(May 4, 2008)
Running whilst standing still	(April 27, 2008)
Earth-shaking? No.	(April 20, 2008)
Don’t fool the people	(April 13, 2008)
Graveyard and other cults	(April 6, 2008)
Of oaths and executive orders	(March 30, 2008)
Black is white, white is black?	(March 23, 2008)
Threat to Karachi’s seashore	(March 16, 2008)
Mass murder we cannot forget	(March 9, 2008)
No shaming the shameless	(March 2, 2008)
‘Allah meherban tau gadha pehlwan’	(February 24, 2008)
Frefatrape	(February 17, 2008)
From crisis to crisis	(February 10, 2008)
The ‘face of Pakistan’	(February 3, 2008)
Little time left	(January 27, 2008)
The sowing & reaping of destiny	(January 20, 2008)
To the rescue of Kidney Hill	(January 13, 2008)
One Bhutto legacy	(January 6, 2008)
Life and liberty	(December 30, 2007)
Our land rendered lawless	(December 16, 2007)
This, that and the other	(December 9, 2007)
Finite wisdom	(December 2, 2007)
Old friends remembered	(November 25, 2007)
States of emergency	(November 18, 2007)
Moral bankruptcy	(November 11, 2007)
Law, order and justice	(November 4, 2007)
Musings on a Saturday morning	(October 28, 2007)
A comet in orbit	(October 21, 2007)
With disgust	(October 14, 2007)
The failing experiment	(October 7, 2007)
The week in words	(September 23, 2007)
The three ‘cards’	(September 16, 2007)
The ‘free and fair’ syndrome	(September 9, 2007)
We never learn from history – 10	(September 2, 2007)
The Supreme Court helps Lahore	(August 26, 2007)
We never learn from history-8	(August 19, 2007)
We never learn from history – 7	(August 12, 2007)
We never learn from history – 6	(August 5, 2007)
Our healers and soothers	(July 29, 2007)
Shoot the messenger	(July 22, 2007)
Webb Ground	(July 15, 2007)
If only Musharraf were Canute	(July 8, 2007)
The national mindset	(July 1, 2007)
Gagging the media	(June 24, 2007)
Whither Karachi?	(June 17, 2007)
Karachi – numero uno	(June 10, 2007)
The maintenance of public disorder	(June 3, 2007)
The centre of gravity	(May 27, 2007)
The maker and the shakers	(May 20, 2007)
The up and down sides of press freedom	(May 13, 2007)
A ‘global city’ vs the environment	(June 5, 2007)
Of hats and shawls and dubious deals	(April 29, 2007)
‘I will not remove the uniform’	(April 22, 2007)
A gentle family	(April 15, 2007)
Express and elevated	(April 8, 2007)
The depths to which we sink	(April 1, 2007)
‘Straaaaawberry jam’	(March 25, 2007)
Mismanaged and dysfunctional	(March 18, 2007)
... Not a drop to drink	(March 11, 2007)
Karachi and its parks	(March 4, 2007)
Kidney Hill	(February 25, 2007)
Good governance?	(February 18, 2007)
Moving towards disaster	(February 11, 2007)
The state of the national mindset	(February 4, 2007)
‘Hamara Karachi’	(January 28, 2007)
The nation’s health	(January 21, 2007)
The man in the iron cage	(January 14, 2007)
Karachi 2007	(January 7, 2007)
Mining the Durand Line	(December 31, 2006)
The unhappy province	(December 24, 2006)
Los desaparecidos of Pakistan	(December 17, 2006)
The ‘dirty war’	(December 10, 2006)
Lest we forget — II	(December 03, 2006)
Lest we forget	(November 26, 2006)
Saving what we can	(November 19, 2006)
Long tails	(November 12, 2006)
An appeal to the dishonest — II	(November 05, 2006)
An appeal to the dishonest	(October 29, 2006)
The Book & the environment	(October 22, 2006)
Minuscule mercies	(October 15, 2006)
‘Ahinsa parmo dharma’	(October 08, 2006)
The contentious book	September 31, 2006)
A continued exercise in futility	(September 24, 2006)
An exercise in futility	(September 17, 2006)
Nahr-e-Khayyam	(September 10, 2006 )
The Tumandar of the Bugtis	(September 03, 2006)
No alternative but to soldier on	(August 27, 2006)
We are impregnable	(August 20, 2006)
Should we rejoice?	(August 13, 2006)
‘An oasis of harmony’	(August 06, 2006)
‘Grapes of wrath’	(July 30, 2006)
Insufficient explanations	(July 23, 2006)
We need to know, general	(July 16, 2006)
Not on, general	(July 9, 2006)
A message for Lahore	(July 2, 2006)
Backward march!	(June 25, 2006)
Pressing on... and on	(June 18, 2006)
Laughing at ourselves? Difficult	(June 11, 2006)
Crying will not help	(June 4, 2006)
We need to laugh at ourselves	(May 28, 2006)
A tailor of Karachi — 2	(May 21, 2006)
A tailor of Karachi	(May 14, 2006)
Odd balls	(May 7, 2006)
The sole recourse	(April 30, 2006)
Jehangir Park is safe	(April 23, 2006)
‘Play it again, Sam’	(April 16, 2006)
He heard the trees	(April 9, 2006)
“...Anything they can do, we can do better”	(April 2, 2006)
Hope springs eternal....	(March 26, 2006)
Chopping and changing	(March 19, 2006)
This wild and woolly land	(March 12, 2006)
Life must go on — and on	(March 5, 2006)
Our orphaned, misshapen city	(February 26, 2006)
The battering of our beaches	(February 19, 2006)
The day I died	(February 12, 2006)
This blessed city	(February 5, 2006)
Endangered : the people	(January 29, 2006)
Hazards to public health	(January 15, 2006)
Call out the fire brigade	(January 8, 2006)
A happy New Year?	(January 1, 2006)
Christmas musings	(December 25, 2005)
Perceptions — bad and good	(December 18, 2005)
Protection of human rights	(December 11, 2005)
Criminal negligence	(December 4, 2005)
A necessary continuation	(November 27, 2005)
Buildings kill, earthquakes don’t	(November 20, 2005)
Building control transparency	(November 13, 2005)
The criminals amongst us — III	(October 30, 2005)
The criminals amongst us — II	(October 23, 2005)
The criminals amongst us	(October 16, 2005)
Other ironies of life	(October 9, 2005)
Some of the ironies of life	(October 2, 2005)
Sayeed of Singapore	(September 25, 2005)
A mixed bag	(September 18, 2005)
One in the string of pearls	(September 11, 2005)
Admiral of the Chinese fleet	(September 4, 2005)
Humour and the dark side of reality	(August 28, 2005)
Battle of the ballot box	(August 21, 2005)
A new beginning?	(August 14, 2005)
Life after death	(August 7, 2005)
‘Press under siege’	(July 31, 2005)
Do we laugh, or do we cry?	(July 24, 2005)
The primrose path to paradise	(July 17, 2005)
Don’t mock the people	(July 10, 2005)
Who will protect the parks?	(July 3, 2005)
Is it the wrapper that counts?	(June 26, 2005)
Making a hash of it	(June 19, 2005)
Extending the hand of friendship	(June 12, 2005)
Building up a ‘soft image’	(June 5, 2005)
For a place in paradise?	(May 29, 2005)
The run: double standards	(May 22, 2005)
Why can’t we learn from history?	(May 15, 2005)
Clifton Cross: the deaf have heard	(May 8, 2005)
The Clifton Cross : a complete mess	(April 24, 2005)
A woman in their lives	(April 17, 2005)
The Clifton Cross	(April 03, 2005)
Soft image?	(March 27, 2005)
'Khajoor ka baagheecha'	(March 20, 2005)
Vagaries of life	(March 13, 2005)
Politics and crime	(March 06, 2005)
Who can say? What?	(Feb 27, 2005)
Karachi's woes	(Feb 13, 2005)
Tigers of Balochistan & elsewhere - II	(Feb 06, 2005)
Tigers of Balochistan and elsewhere	(Jan 30, 2005)
The kite-flyers	(Jan 16, 2005)
Brass hats & mortar-boards-II	(Jan 09, 2005)
Brass hats and mortar boards	(Jan 02, 2005)
Builders on both sides	(Dec 26, 2004)
'Above all... by example' - 2	(Dec 19, 2004)
'Above all - by example'	(Dec 12, 2004)
No water under the keel - 2	(Dec 05, 2004)
No water under the keel	(Nov 28, 2004)
'Karachi under the Raj 1843-1947'	(Nov 21, 2004)
Jirga injustice - 2	(Nov 14, 2004)
Jirga injustice	(Nov 07, 2004)
We never learn from history - 6	(Oct 31, 2004)
Rooted in dishonour	(Oct 24, 2004)
Servant of the people - II	(Oct 17, 2004)
Servant of the people	(Oct 10, 2004)
Brain and brawn	(Oct 03, 2004)
The violation of the city -3	(Sep 26, 2004)
Violation of the city - 2	(Sep 19, 2004)
Violation of the city	(Sep 12, 2004)
The jokers in the pack	(Sep 05, 2004)
Through space and time	(Aug 29, 2004)
Our own risk and peril - 2	(Aug 22, 2004)
At our own risk and peril	(Aug 15, 2004)
Balloteers and brokers	(Aug 08, 2004)
So much to do	(Aug 01, 2004)
Truly in the national interest	(July 25, 2004)
Reforming education	(July 18, 2004)
Can he succeed?	(July 11, 2004)
Pack your bags	(July 04, 2004)
From Swat to Sindh	(June 27, 2004)
Law? Order?	(June 20, 2004)
Lawless and alone	(June 13, 2004)
Happy days are here again - II	(June 06, 2004)
Happy days are here again	(May 30, 2004)
Don't mock the people	(May 23, 2004)
Day dawns, we awake, we yawn	(May 16, 2004)
The evil of jirga justice	(May 09, 2004)
A first step	(May 02, 2004)
Keeping the record straight	(Apr 25, 2004)
Selective amnesia	(Apr 18, 2004)
Betrothed to laughter	(Apr 11, 2004)
Her father's daughter	(Apr 04, 2004)
Suffering on, and on	(Mar 28, 2004)
Central Asian Polad	(Mar 21, 2004)
In the name of the law	(Mar 14, 2004)
Mocking misery	(Mar 07, 2004)
Perfect companions	(Feb 29, 2004)
All in good faith	(Feb 22, 2004)
Injustice to women	(Feb 15, 2004)
Pardon undeserved	(Feb 08, 2004)
Eid mubarak!	(Feb 01, 2004)
Intolerance? bigotry? ignorance?	(Jan 25, 2004)
Misery and the people	(Jan 18, 2004)
The price of courage	(Jan 11, 2004)
The end of the beginning?	(Jan 04, 2004)
A happier new year?	(Dec 28, 2003)
Archenemies of mankind	(Dec 21, 2003)
Of trees, ships & other things	(Dec 14, 2003)
Trees saved	(Dec 07, 2003)
Wild as they come	(Nov 30, 2003)
We need to laugh	(Nov 23, 2003)
Hindus and Muslims - III	(Nov 16, 2003)
Hindus and Muslims - II	(Nov 09, 2003)
Hindus and Muslims	(Nov 02, 2003)
Dr Mahathir Mohamad	(Oct 26, 2003)
An environmentalist's nightmare	(Oct 19, 2003)
Enlightened moderation	(Oct 12, 2003)
In the name of religion?	(Oct 05, 2003)
Women	(Sep 28, 2003)
Going nowhere	(Sep 21, 2003)
Law - what law?	(Sep 14, 2003)
Tasman Spirit - IV	(Sep 07, 2003)
Tasman Spirit - III	(Aug 31, 2003)
Tasman Spirit - II	(Aug 24, 2003)
Tasman Spirit	(Aug 17, 2003)
Jinnah's sister, Fatima	(Aug 10, 2003)
The rains came	(Aug 03, 2003)
In defence of his realm	(July 27, 2003)
A transparent decision? - II	(July 20, 2003)
A transparent decision?	(July 13, 2003)
Ignorance - a powerful weapon	(July 06, 2003)
'Eternal allies, perpetual enemies'	(June 29, 2003)
'Pakistan first'	(June 15, 2003)
A stupid thing to do	(June 08, 2003)
Rights and wrongs	(June 01, 2003)
Land grabbers - all!	(May 25, 2003)
'Sine onere'	(May 18, 2003)
Karachi suffers on - and on (2)	(May 11, 2003)
The rule of law?	(May 04, 2003)
Karachi suffers on - and on	(Apr 27, 2003)
Causa sine qua non	(Apr 20, 2003)
Extortionists on the prowl	(Apr 13, 2003)
What really happened	(Apr 06, 2003)
Tyranny-3	(Mar 30, 2003)
Tyranny - 2	(Mar 23, 2003)
Tyranny	(Mar 16, 2003)
'Blackened man, blackened woman'	(Mar 09, 2003)
Shameless	(Mar 02, 2003)
Are we inhuman?	(Feb 23, 2003)
Are we perverse?	(Feb 16, 2003)
Behram Sohrab H.J. Rustomjee	(Feb 09, 2003)
The saga of fundamental rights	(Feb 02, 2003)
Nani Ardeshir Palkhivala	(Jan 26, 2003)
The depths of degradation - II	(Jan 19, 2003)
Three stars	(Jan 12, 2003)
Where do we keep our brains?	(Jan 05, 2003)
Bleak houses	(Dec 29, 2002)
The depths of degradation	(Dec 22, 2002)
Karachi: the people should know-II	(Dec 15, 2002)
Karachi - the people should know	(Dec 09, 2002)
The interregnum	(Dec 01, 2002)
The gentler sex	(Nov 24, 2002)
Citizen of Pakistan-2	(Nov 17, 2002)
Citizen of Pakistan	(Nov 10, 2002)
As white as driven snow	(Nov 03, 2002)
'At the bottom of the sea'	(Oct 27, 2002)
The Beau Brummells of Pakistan	(Oct 20, 2002)
Poppycock	(Oct 13, 2002)
Gluttony - 2	(Oct 06, 2002)
Gluttony	(Sep 29, 2002)
'To the best of my knowledge and belief...'	(Sep 22, 2002)
'Give me seven years ...'	(Sep 15, 2002)
The dirty game	(Sep 08, 2002)
Are the courts working?	(Sep 01, 2002)
We never learn from history-5	(Aug 25, 2002)
We never learn from history-4	(Aug 18, 2002)
We never learn from history-3	(Aug 11, 2002)
We never learn from history-2	(Aug 04, 2002)
We never learn from history	(July 21, 2002)
A promising first step	(July 14, 2002)
'Honour-gang rape'	(July 07, 2002)
Benign neglect	(June 30, 2002)
What the Bomb can do	(June 23, 2002)
For the endangered species	(June 16, 2002)
Poor India, poor Pakistan!	(June 09, 2002)
For what do we fight?	(June 02, 2002)
Going nowhere	(May 26, 2002)
Truth about Bhopal House	(May 19, 2002)
Homegrown terrorism - 2	(May 12, 2002)
So far so good	(May 05, 2002)
Referendum 2002 - III	(Apr 28, 2002)
Referendum 2002-II	(Apr 21, 2002)
No redemption?	(Apr 14, 2002)
Referendum 2002	(Apr 07, 2002)
Let us grow up	(Mar 31, 2002)
Beggars can't be choosers	(Mar 24, 2002)
The majesty of law	(Mar 17, 2002)
In the name of religion	(Mar 10, 2002)
Brutal fanatics	(Mar 03, 2002)
Kashmir	(Feb 17, 2002)
'The Man in the Moon'	(Feb 10, 2002)
Back to Jinnah	(Feb 03, 2002)
From the death cell	(Jan 27, 2002)
Reinventing Jinnah's Pakistan	(Jan 20, 2002)
'Gareeb no koi nahi'	(Jan 13, 2002)
Don't the people deserve better?	(Jan 06, 2002)
The way of Jinnah	(Dec 30, 2001)
The enemy of ignorance	(Dec 23, 2001)
Bad, worse, worst	(Dec 16, 2001)
Resurrection!	(Dec 09, 2001)
Fire ! Fire !	(Dec 02, 2001)
A free press	(Nov 25, 2001)
The Nazims' nizam	(Nov 18, 2001)
Homegrown terrorism	(Nov 11, 2001)
The Great Game continues	(Nov 04, 2001)
Afghanistan	(Oct 28, 2001)
Arrogance battling with ignorance	(Oct 21, 2001)
Commander of the faithful	(Oct 14, 2001)
The Afghan cauldron	(Oct 07, 2001)
The terrorists within	(Sep 30, 2001)
The enemy within	(Sep 23, 2001)
Al-Qaqa	(Sep 16, 2001)
Justice-III	(Sep 09, 2001)
Justice-II	(Sep 02, 2001)
Justice?	(Aug 26, 2001)
Can the people ever win?	(Aug 19, 2001)
Pax VajMush	(Aug 12, 2001)
Two wrongs can make a right	(Aug 05, 2001)
Two wrongs do not make one right	(July 29, 2001)
So far so good	(July 22, 2001)
Twenty years to zero	(July 08, 2001)
Dastur-an-Dastur	(July 01, 2001)
'Bania, mooch nichi'	(June 24, 2001)
Give him a fighting chance	(June 17, 2001)
Allah be praised!	(June 10, 2001)
Forty-five days' liberty lost	(June 03, 2001)
The systems	(May 27, 2001)
The Kidney Centre - denationalization	(May 20, 2001)
The Kidney Centre - Nationalized!	(May 13, 2001)
Gilli-dunda	(May 06, 2001)
Our politicians	(Apr 29, 2001)
Another historic judgement	(Apr 22, 2001)
Flotsam and Jetsam	(Apr 15, 2001)
Leghari and the storming	(Apr 08, 2001)
Are we stupid?	(Apr 01, 2001)
'I could be a solution'	(Mar 25, 2001)
Forward march?	(Mar 18, 2001)
Tsunam	(Mar 11, 2001)
We quake	(Mar 04, 2001)
The luck of the draw	(Feb 25, 2001)
'The first observation'	(Feb 18, 2001)
Is hammam main sab nangay	(Feb 11, 2001)
Karachi warned	(Feb 04, 2001)
N.E.D. University	(Jan 28, 2001)
Shame	(Jan 21, 2001)
Mummiya	(Jan 14, 2001)
Advancing to retreat	(Jan 07, 2001)
Sharaf Sharif	(Dec 31, 2000)
'Jungle ka badshah'	(Dec 24, 2000)
Nawaz speaks	(Dec 17, 2000)
The frog croaks... - 2	(Dec 10, 2000)
'The frog croaks....'	(Dec 03, 2000)
Education, education, education	(Nov 26, 2000)
Man bites dog	(Nov 19, 2000)
Once upon a time	(Nov 12, 2000)
Laughing at ourselves	(Nov 05, 2000)
Philistines	(Oct 29, 2000)
Fun and games	(Oct 22, 2000)
Platinum-gold	(Oct 15, 2000)
The storming of the Supreme Court - II	(Oct 08, 2000)
Storming of the Supreme Court	(Oct 01, 2000)
In the name of the law?	(Sep 24, 2000)
Gen Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan - 4	(Sep 17, 2000)
Gen Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan - 3	(Sep 10, 2000)
General Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan - 2	(Sep 04, 2000)
General Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan	(Aug 27, 2000)
Fellow-man	(Aug 20, 2000)
'The buck stops here'	(Aug 13, 2000)
Progressive Pakistan	(Aug 06, 2000)
Treemazar - 3	(Jul 30, 2000)
Information technology	(Jul 23, 2000)
The sole statesman - 5	(Jul 16, 2000)
The sole statesman - 4	(Jul 09, 2000)
The sole statesman - 3	(Jul 02, 2000)
The sole statesman - 2	(Jun 25, 2000)
The sole statesman	(Jun 18, 2000)
Misguided zeal	(Jun 11, 2000)
A laugh	(Jun 04, 2000)
The educated of Sindh	(May 28, 2000)
Law and order	(May 21, 2000)
Grundnorm	(May 14, 2000)
'Blowback'	(Feb 20, 2000)
From Washington	(Feb 13, 2000)
The Clifton Boating Basin	(Dec 05, 1999)
Storming of the Supreme Court II	(Nov 28, 1999)
Storming of the Supreme Court I	(Nov 21, 1999)
Our heads of state	(Nov 14, 1999)
Jinnah's Pakistan	(Nov 07, 1999)
Storming of the Supreme Court	(Oct 31, 1999)
Liquidation	(Oct 24, 1999)
The coup that failed	(Oct 17, 1999)
Credibility	(Oct 10, 1999)
'Round up the usual suspects'	(Oct 03, 1999)
The faultline	(Sep 26, 1999)
'Non-official component'	(Sep 19, 1999)
Karachi: earthquake scene-3	(Sep 12, 1999)
Karachi: earthquake scene-2	(Sep 05, 1999)
Karachi: earthquake scene	(Aug 29, 1999)
The abuse of parliamentary privilege	(Aug 22, 1999)
'A monarchy, Madam. A monarchy'- 2	(Aug 16, 1999)
A matter of honour?	(Aug 08, 1999)
Never despair	(Aug 01, 1999)
Sound advice	(Jul 25, 1999)
End-game?	(Jul 18, 1999)
Lesson learnt?	(Jul 11, 1999)
Zero minus fifty-two	(Jul 04, 1999)
Weavers of lies	(Jun 29, 1999)
Arbiters of justice - 2	(Jun 20, 1999)
Wars	(Jun 13, 1999)
Bullies are cowards - 2	(Jun 06, 1999)
The arbiters of justice	(May 30, 1999)
Not guilty?	(May 23, 1999)
The supplicant sovereign	(May 16, 1999)
Glass lions	(May 09, 1999)
Betrayers of our trust	(May 02, 1999)