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Down with tyranny and injustice Historians believe that the world could have been spared of some of the worst atrocities of fascist dictators and notorious barbarians, had they not been grievously wronged and disgraced by the...		Political regression Men make mistakes in order to repeat them. It can also be said that men knock down their political structures just to replace them with similar ones. If the most appropriate...
A sea of misfortune She has yet to reach the age of 25. Slim, fair and good looking, she laughs heartily, and does so frequently. However, her laughs, cannot hide the scars inflicted on her...		Policing and the police reforms Proliferation of Rotary Clubs in the city, ever since the main club broke up to accommodate the ever-expanding metropolis, has created some serious problems for the many mini clubs — 22...
A journey by train In air force lingo, when an aircraft meets with an accident, the pilot is said to have ‘pranged’ it. Our DC-3 that had ploughed into a villager’s hut in Paksey went...		Darling dumbinas The modern woman is sharp, practical and full of worldly wisdom. But among this clever lot, there are still some who are the emblem of innocence and naivete (feminists are advised...
Labeled for life From the moment we are born, to the moment we perish, we are categorized with some sort of a label. For example, when I was a kid, I liked to play...		Champions of democracy Considering everything, a little over 8,000 are not too many candidates for 1,070 seats in the National and provincial legislatures in a country where politics is the favourite past time of...
In search of fairies Standing under the scorching sun and drinking chilled water, my friends were staring at me with certain disdain. We had just arrived in Chilas after a five hours drive from Bisham...		Life on an island Kharo Chhan is situated at a distance of 80 km from National Highway from Gharo town and 150 km from Karachi in the Qalandari Creek of Thatta District. Around 20 to...
What a week! Soon after George W. Bush left the UN General Assembly, having told all that Saddam was a satan, the hall of world leaders imploded with noisy chatter, resembling a classroom of...		Messing up with money People are pleased by no aroma more than the alluring, exhilarating and almost intoxicating smell of fresh, crisp currency notes. A professional friend of mine wagers he can smell a new...
Winning against all odds Badal was born in 1952,in the village Dengan Bhurgri. Rais Ghulam Muhammad Khan Bhurgri, the first graduate of Sindh was also from this village....		Save the sarangi The speed with which our indigenous musical instruments have been consigned to the dustbin of history, has caused much concern to the votaries of traditional varieties of Pakistani music. In a...
Jerusalem’s Dome of Rock Jerusalem or Al-Quds al-Sharif, as it is called by the Arabs, is regarded as one of the most sacred places since antiquity. Christians, Jews, as well as Muslims revere the city...		CHAPTERS FROM HISTORY: The Turkish slaves The foundation of the Turkish slave institution was laid during the Abbasid period. Ibn Khaldun, in his Muqadimmah, commenting on it wrote that the reason for relying on slaves by the...
POINT OF VIEW: A guide to Rajender Singh Bedi MALE members of the human society are a vanishing species. Woman, on the other hand, is a powerful being. Though now groaning under male dominance, her immense capacity for endurance will...		A great fast bowler When in 1989 Waqar Younis made his Test debut against India, in Karachi, he was immediately dubbed as the fastest bowler in the world, although then Malcolm Marshal was still around....
Batting for female glory Like many other female sport personalities of the country, it has not been an easy ride for the women cricketers of Pakistan. Threats from religious fundamentalists, bureaucratic hostility and male chauvinism,...		THROUGH THE COVERS: Concentrate on the root cause TO say that Pakistan cricket is now completely off the track is to do grave injustice to the situation, which, to be frank, is much worse. It is in a complete...
Iatrogenic bane Iatrogenic bane is the disease caused by doctors and drugs. The old saying “man is his worst enemy” is true for this disease. Ironically, it is contrary to the age old...		All in the name of terrorism It was not like old times with posters welcoming you to the United States of America and a friendly Uncle Sam extending his hand in greeting. The airport at Washington wore...
Why this discrimination? Equality between the status of the sexes has been one of the most hotly debated issues of the 20th Century. However, gender inequalities seem to have existed since time immemorial....		NEWSMAKER The short stout Kim Jong-il is also only the second head of state North Korea has had since independence in 1945....