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A matter of vision THE golden era of science and philosophy in the Islamic world lasted during the period of seven centuries from 700AD to 1400AD....		Our attitude is negative A MICROBIOLOGIST and former Chairman and Professor of Microbiology at the National University of Singapore, Dr Viqar Zaman has been associated all his life with teaching and research....
An invisible generation The gradual induction of wild sounds and noises distracted the participants in the acoustically treated Conference Hall. It was an unusual phenomenon....		The art of minding The fact cannot be denied that life today is travelling on the fast lane. We have no time to think of things that matter least to us. And yet, we cannot...
NET-CLIP: Fasting and feasting Come Ramazan and the city of lights switches to top gear. With religious fervour and frenzy visible all around the days get dull, while the starry cool nights present a festive...		A couple on the run WHEN Haji Mohammad Suleman, a man from Moro, with no formal education, took his five-year-old daughter Amnat on foot to a madrasa primary school about four kilometres away from his home...
The Companions in Istanbul GRAVES of twenty-nine Sahaba (companions of the Holy Prophet, in Istanbul are regarded as one of the sacred places to visit....		Socializing through hunting TANGIRS are a very religious people. Almost every adult man wears a beard. Beard shaving is not considered good; elders discourage the practice of shaving beard. Not a single shop of the barber can be found in the Jaglot bazaar...
The master of Masters THE other day, I came across a rather unique man. Munawar Ilahi has, at the age of 34, completed six Master of Arts (MAs) degrees....		A ‘non-glamorous’ blood disorder ANAEMIA is a decrease in haemoglobin level or RBC count in blood. It is a common cause of morbidity. It severely undermines the capacity to do physical and manual work and leads to poor work performance....
HOT SEAT DEEPAK Perwani’s favourite movies change with time. Says the designer, “Films are such a vast genre, and there have been such varied kinds of movies in vogue over the years —...		Echoes from the past In late 1961, the Department of Archaeology and Museums selected four fresh post-graduates, two each from East and West Pakistan, to be qualified to become career archaeologists....
CHAPTER FROM HISTORY: The battle of Jutland-II Jellicoe did not know till 18:01 hours on May 31, 1916, the exact position of Scheer when Beatty’s flagship, Lion, appeared on the starboard bow of Jellicoe’s flagship...		POINT OF VIEW: A risk worth taking WHILE writing this column, I am trying to come out of the hangover of the emotional fervour generated by the demonstration of warm feelings on the part of Indian and Pakistani...
Ready to break the ice, or are they? INDIA’S ‘magnanimous’ decision to restore full sporting ties with Pakistan hopefully reopens the prospects of the resumption of bilateral cricketing relations between the South Asian arch-rivals....		Physical fitness is the key THE post-script, by the very nature of it, comes at the end of the main piece. Today, it has to come at the beginning. Actyally, I had finished my column for...
THROUGH THE COVERS: South Africa has itself to blame FIRST thing first, congratulations to the national team on securing a Test series victory on home soil, something that had not happened for some time, and has now happened twice in...		When even detention would do Dressed in prison garb, the middle-aged woman is escorted by the warden to a cubicle from across where sits her younger sister and her two daughters anxiously waiting for a reunion....
Birth of a city In the early 1960s, Islamabad’s postal address (not known to many) required adding a line ‘near Rawalpindi’ on the envelope to make sure the post reached the right place. As the...		Aunts’ day out! Recently, my maternal aunt from Islamabad flew over to Karachi for a long-awaited visit. It also happened to coincide with the time when my other two aunts in Karachi decided to become independent and make it on their own in a newly-painted and furnished apartment....
NEWSMAKER SOME people just have it in them to make as much news even years after their death as they did when they were alive. It’s been six years since Princess Diana died, but she is still hitting the headlines and giving the British Royal family...		Look, who is saying that! With reference to the piece, Look, who is saying that! and Zaheer Abbas’ column (September 28), Pakistan has been at the receiving end of world cricket bodies for quite sometime. It...