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On the hit list ISRAELI highhandedness in its dealings with Arabs, Palestinians in particular, has been primarily responsible for derailing the peace process. In recent times this tendency has manifested itself in a number of ways. For instance...		US troops may soon be in Palestine DR MOHAMMAD El-Syed Selim, an Egyptian scholar based in Cairo, believes that even though Israeli and US policies have plunged the Middle East into a deep crisis, even if Yasser Arafat is eliminated by the Israelis, “nothing more than wild protests...
Small news, big news “BY the way Dada, where is Bangladesh?” “It is on the eastern side of India.” “Did Bangladesh attain independence in 1947?” “No, Pota. Bangladesh attained independence in 1971.” “From the British?...		After the spill THE oil spillage from the Tasman Spirit may have stopped according to a news item, but it has not ended the disaster. The massive pollution challenges are still there to cope...
The menace of software piracy SOFTWARE piracy can be defined as illegal copying and distribution of software for commercial and personal gains. Software piracy is the bane of the IT industry throughout the world. Despite frantic...		The journey of death ACCORDING to recent media reports, illegal Pakistani emigrants have been meeting tragic incidents in their never ending effort to migrate to Europe. With dreams of a prosperous future in their eyes...
Exploring the alternative way THERE are medicines available for almost every kind of medical ailment. Be it serious problems like diabetes or as minor a problem as a headache, there are pills and syrups that...		The Bani Gala experience ANYONE who has ever been house hunting will know it takes many a hunt before the right place is spotted and shot down. It is really all down to the individual,...
A foreign battle on home front CONSUMERS are now making a beeline for cheap, affordable Chinese products available in the city, despite knowing the fact that they lack quality and durability as compared to their Japanese and Korean counterparts....		Patient-safety is a critical issue KNOWING that one is more likely to die by a medical error, than a traffic accident will send chills down your spine, even if you are the coolest of dudes. But, that is the cruel truth we have to face till we collectively work on making our health care system safer....
Valley of Misghar SITTING in the spacious terrace of the PTDC motel at the customs station of Sost, the well-behaved waiter of the motel was narrating the story of how in 1892 Mir Safdar...		Tansen, the magnificient TANSEN, the great musician, the shinning star of the music world whose light illuminates the vast expanse of the universe of music, has given continued inspiration to generations of musicians. Tansen’s father was Makrand Pande...
Qasmi Sahib’s resignation THE Majlis-i-Taraqqi-i-Adab is now in a state of crisis. Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi, who was acting as its Director, has tendered his resignation in protest against the Punjab bureaucracy’s treatment meted out...		The battle of Tsushima CENTURIES of isolation of Japan was broken in 1854 when a treaty of friendship was signed with the USA under the shadows of the guns of Commodore Perry’s ships. This treaty...
Hot Seat BUSHRA ANSARI’s taste in films is varied, to say the least, and she is as fond of serious art movies as she is of light, entertaining flicks. However, as she herself admits, she is “quite whimsical”, and her favourite movie “keeps changing with time”....		PCB should not have changed anything UST how much confusion prevails in the decision making corridors of South African cricket can be judged by the fact that no one really knows who took the decision to call off the tour. On the night the news broke that the...
Get ready for the real thing WITH the South African team finally in Pakistan, it is time to take a quick assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of the two teams before the actual tussle begins on...		The drought continues SO, the drought continues. We so desperately wanted it to happen, but, as it turned out, it was not to be. The heart of an entire nation sank into despair as...
Yeah, go figure! IN HAWAII, at the East-West Centre, journalists from South and South-East Asia dialogue with their US counterparts on Islam and terrorism, and, of course, why America and the rest of the....		The piano lady A BEAUTIFUL mountain morning, sun shining, birds singing, a gentle breeze whispering through the apple orchard and I couldn’t relax and enjoy it. Filled with trepidation, whizzing round the house with vacuum cleaner in one hand....
Storm hits twin cities “IT was strongly reminiscent of the movie Twister. I was driving home from work at 11:30pm when I saw a steel disc flying towards me. I stopped my car, waiting for...		A cry for justice WITH reference to the article A cry for justice, (September 14), a hard-working Pakistani worker, working apparently as a slave for a rich Arab for nearly a decade. However, it is...
MOSAIC: World’s highest garbage dump SINCE climbers started to make their way to the highest point in the world, the once untouched mountain has become littered with evidence of human conquest — tons of garbage and...		Newsmaker EDWARD W. Said, the Columbia University professor and literary critic whose eloquent advocacy of Palestinian nationalism made him a leading and controversial spokesman for the cause in the US, has died of leukemia....