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It is naked imperialism THE architects of Washington’s brutal invasion of Iraq had hoped to instil Shock and Awe in the hearts of their Iraqi quarries. Instead, they have only managed to stir deep resentment and hatred of their crass war-mongering, not only amongst the Iraqis, but in greater part of the civilized world....		Religion has nothing to do with it AS the active conflict in Iraq draws to a sanguinary close, there is much speculation about the future scenario in the region....
Tom writes to mom The abstract material that I intend to reproduce in my story today is rather intriguing. I have collected it from my friend Idrees Moulai, an adventurous freelance journalist. I have not...		Managing non-employees In the management of corporate affairs we came across decent sounding terms such as ‘downsizing’, ‘right-sizing’, ‘organizational’ ‘restructuring’ and ‘redundancy’ in the decade of 1990s. Prior to that, when such sophisticated...
Lahore’s cinematic contribution In the pre-partition secular cultural society of Lahore, one area that attracted greater attention of creative people was the then emerging glitzy world of entertainment. This included music, theatre and films....		NET-CLIP: The power to speak out NOT everybody has the strength and courage of their convictions to speak out in defence of (as they perceive it) the truth. There aren’t too many people in the world today...
A game of high stakes OIL is generally believed to be the reason behind American insistence to ‘liberate’ the Iraqi people, but taking control of the oilfields is not the only concern of the US government,...		A message of reassurance Asghar Khan’s designation was President (PIAC). The Ministry of Defence had been at pains to point out that it was mandatory to affix PIAC after President, the assumption being, of course,...
The legendary Langkawi Our excitement knows no bounds as our media group boards the small aircraft for a short hop to the beautiful island of Langkawi....		DIARY OF A VAGABOND: ‘Flower hill’ was the motivation CALL it an article, a column or a semi-autobiographical note. Call it what you may, but let me explain the title, Diary of a Vagabond. You, my dear reader, are totally...
The looming threat The world is poised to suffer a major health disaster from new and re-emerging infectious diseases, over the next 20 years, which, a CIA report fears, will complicate global security and exacerbate social and political instability in some countries....		People’s Jalib LIKE the years before, Habib Jalib’s death anniversary went by unnoticed. No one, not even his great admirers did anything to commemorate the sacrifices of this spokesman of the deprived class....
Portrait of a lady IT is wonderful to recall after so many years that I did not discover Atiya Begum’s real identity before I had already had several meetings with her....		HISTORY: History of ‘paradise’ IN the Pahlavi language, paradise means a garden which is surrounded by four walls and full of fruit trees, flowers, fountains, birds and where men and women live together happily....
POINT OF VIEW: Makhzan and Bhartari Hari Sometime back, I received two Urdu journals, one from Aligarh and the other from my own city Lahore, both carrying with them a history of literary journalism now hallowed because of...		Mad Max takes his last bow PERHAPS the end was not what he had hoped for. As Sri Lanka were losing a hopeless battle against Australia in first semifinal of the 2003 World Cup, star batsman Aravinda de Silva was making his final appearance....
On with the show ONE of the most poignant points of the Pakistani cricket team, throughout the World Cup was their contrasting body language. Be it net practice or an important tie, there just wasn’t...		THROUGH THE COVERS: Serious stuff is in the offing THE series between Australia and West Indies is clearly the first serious cricketing event after the World Cup. In the last about a year, the West Indies has clearly shown signs...
A megaphone for official views? I thought I had left Pakistan Television behind when I came to America... a kind of good riddance to bad rubbish, or out of sight out of mind cliche ...		Shoot thy neighbour near or far! THERE is deviltry afoot in my neighbourhood. Well, let’s call it the distant neighbourhood. That is, if you go down the road from my house and take the third lane on...
Killing a sparrow with a cannon AMERICA’S resolve to kill Iraqi president Saddam Hussain can be compared with the resolve to killing a sparrow with a canon. I mean, can you believe that just to kill one...		NEWSMAKER THE star of such Hollywood successes as Gladiator and Proof of Life, New Zealand-born-Australian Russell Crowe finally tied the knot last week when he married long time girlfriend Danielle Spencer in what could well be described as the wedding of the year. For the moment at least....