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A study of modern war EVERY road towards a better society is blocked, sooner or later, by war, threats of war and preparations for war....		Our evolutionary muddle FIRST, another elected government was sacked and another military regime planted, then the chaos of devolution fiasco. Next, the post-referendum gloom and now the hanging clouds of a nuclear war. All...
Rain check Water, or rather, the lack of this precious commodity, is a subject which is belatedly getting the attention of the powers that be....		New consuls-general come, as others go Following the killing of French submarine engineers on May 8th, almost thirteen thousand five hundred foreigners left the city. However, at the same time, a few new comers have made their...
High drama in Bombay THE country was quiet, the people subdued, in the sense of being reconciled to martial law and it was a peaceful time. Ayub Khan looked set for a long innings. I...		Look around Nowadays to buy or not to buy is not the question. You are almost certainly spoon-fed in this respect by over five hundred thousand hoardings and signboards that litter all over...
Metabolism and currency of life Genetic inheritance may prove to be man’s great hindrance, as abnormal genes ‘mislead’ the metabolism and may undermine a person’s capacities. On the other hand, inheritance of normal and efficient genes...		Going after the thana culture THE police have been busy conducting midnight raids on suspected Al-Qaeda members, reportedly under the monitoring eye of the FBI. This offered an opening to men who prowl in the night...
Working vacation in Norway Gausdal is a small town in Norway. It is famous for its mountains and ideal skiing conditions, making it an ideal tourist hotspot. Many from the neighbouring countries come here to...		Small is beautiful MEET 37-year old Karachi resident Zafar Alam. While for most of us a grain of rice holds nutritional significance, for this employee of Security Papers Ltd, that very grain of rice...
A summer sonata WHAT teases the mind most is Americans’ love of life when summer comes. They suddenly turn into a new leaf. What triggers it on? Something in the sun? The long languorous...		In the quiet of the night “YOU hear that tee-tee-bar over there in those bushes? That bird will twitter when the animal approaches,” said 58-year-old Arbab as he handed me the shotgun....
Lost in a world of lawlessness VIOLENCE against women is a serious social problem in Pakistan. Women are threatened, beaten and abused in all classes of the society. Domestic violence against women accounts for more hospital admissions...		The artistic movement IN the mid-nineteenth century, a self styled brotherhood of London artists emerged. All young, these were the ones who united to resist current artistic conventions, and to create or re-create, art...
Never mind The useful and highly pacifying phrase of ‘never mind’ is the standard reply in most quarrels and awkward situations. It has different scales of tolerance, depending on how thin the addressee’s...		CHAPTERS FROM HISTORY: Students’ role in the Pakistan movement THE All India Muslim Students Federation (AIMSF) was the most formidable pressure group in League’s favour. Jinnah served as a role model to students who took to him as to no...
POINT OF VIEW: Philosophy made absorbing WHAT is now termed as Muslim fundamentalism, may be traced back to the times when Ghazali had debunked philosophy and had discovered germs of kufr in the philosophical ponderings of Muslim...		Cycling through the north of Pakistan A couple of years back, the mountain hiking bug bit me. The urge to wander into the wild, had me planning a trip through the northern areas of Pakistan, one...
Canoeing: courage and unlimited fun LUCKY are the ones, who live near water and can swim. Luckiest are those, who can power a canoe, or a professional boat. You may find, 100,000 good cricketers, but not...		THROUGH THE COVERS: Not as weak as it is uncertain THE way the Pakistanis turned the tables on the Australians must have given much heart to all concerned. And why not? After a pretty ordinary performance in the first of the...
Pains of motherhood A LARGE number of women in Pakistan live under deplorable conditions simply because they are women. They are treated inferior to men in the traditional setup of our society. The...		NEWSMAKER FINALLY, Dr Mahathir Mohamad is set to leave the scene. It is not going to happen in a hurry though. The man, who has ruled Malaysia for the past 21 years...