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The leadership crisis Leaders are members of groups who are particularly influential and who act to guide, direct and motivate the groups to achieve goals. Leadership is in part determined by the leader’s characteristics...		A life full of dichotomies Why, oh why, does the rich capitalist insists on eating all the good food himself, and is willing to grant nothing but crumbs to the hapless worker...
My imagination One fine morning, very early, an idea dawned on me. Why not write a book on ‘How to Write books. I firmly believe that ideas come from Heaven. God made the...		The sea is not for the people The long-planned Sea Karnival will soon be open for the public. A part of Karavan Karachi and promoted by the friends of the Heritage Foundation, it is expected to be a...
A view of Moscow Viewed from the United States, the image of the Soviet Union was that of a predatory power with global ambitions, determined to impose its will and enslave the people of the...		Fighting my conscience It was midnight when I started to ease myself in my bed. Thinking of what happened all day long, whether I committed any good for the creatures on earth, or was...
LAHORE & BEYOND: The point of no return A festive season commenced in Lahore from February 2. Basant is usually celebrated on the second Sunday of February every year, but local authorities’ concern for the public made them provide...		Iqbal’s Eid The gaiety and glamour of Eid was hardly visible in Iqbal’s jhuggi as he woke up on Eid day. Just eight, Iqbal was still blissfully unaware of poverty’s pathetic ‘penalty’ and...
What a waste of resources! The only thing which was visible from a distance was the red building. More than 12 capacious bungalows, well-mapped, were constructed for doctors with several small bungalows under construction, meant for...		A model to be followed Once unheard-of, Pakistan today has several private medical colleges spread all over the country. Most of these colleges are not housed in proper buildings, do not have adequate qualified faculty and...
‘God bless America’ Fifteen minutes to touchdown, and 200,000 feet above the earth, seven mortals disintegrated into space, leaving a stunned nation grieving....		A dejected mother “Meray darzi say aaj meri jang ho gayee, kal kurti silayee aaj tang ho gayee,” blared in Hameeda’s ear as a skinny teenager with oily hair and a roving eye, perched...
Hanging in the balance Though civic organisations working under the local government system are supposed to keep health of the citizens at the top of their priorities, the Larkana Municipal Corporation has failed in providing...		Promoting cultural education Cultural illiteracy, like cancer, is an insidious disease, the symptoms of which appear after it has become incurable and it results in the collapse of society....
CHAPTERS FROM HISTORY: Chuchnama Muhammad Ali Kufi translated the Chuchnama (The History of Sindh), from Arabic to Persian in 1216. The name of its author remains unknown. However, some scholars have made an attempt to...		Urdu in Roman script The first lively manifestation of a new born baby is to cry. This first cry conveys a message of the beginning of a new life and also sends a wave of...
POINT OF VIEW: Idealism vs pragmatism THOUGH the seminar arranged last week by Mashal Books of Lahore was of a purely political nature, I wish those of our writers and their publishers who are fond of holding...		Having another go Incredibly, Pakistan is one of the favourites to reach the latter stages of World Cup 2003 and possibly go on to clinch the trophy for the second time in eleven years....
THROUGH THE COVERS: Nothing but a sign of times SO, the D-Day has arrived. Not while I am writing, as there are still a few days to go, but the World Cup would be getting under way within a few...		Watch your meat intake The epidemeological studies often carried out globally have clearly revealed a strong relationship between the emerging increasing rate of chronic diseases and the long-term dietary habits along with modern life style....
The rise of urbanization People have been migrating to better and bigger cities since the dawn of history. Hordes of them keep pushing their way into urban centres, putting more stress on the already-stressed out...		NEWSMAKER SPACE shuttle Columbia started its journey in 1981. It was named after the ship that travelled between Boston to British Columbia....