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Hour of shame WHEY is it necessary to recall the events of December 16, 1971, year after year? It is because the day marks a watershed in the not-so-glorious history of our beleaguered country. It is also because the fallout of that...		Pakistan does not matter RENOWNED Bangladeshi political figure and journalist Enayetullah Khan, who is editor of the famous Holiday weekly, says General Pervez Musharraf’s admission of 1971 atrocities in the erstwhile East Pakistan, during his recent visit to that country...
Most lethal weapon STRATEGIC scholars in the American University of Asian Affairs in North-West Apachiland disclosed the existence of the most lethal weapon in a desolate apartment of a Godforsaken building in Karachi. According to the research report, the building is...		At what cost? IT STARTED like a day just as any other. I was cooking a few things to freeze for I had experienced a very bad situation the week before — two families arrived at dinnertime and trying to serve something...
Consumers butchered THE City government’s crusade against the meat merchants to sell meat at reduced rates during Ramazan had started with a bang. However, as things turned out, it soon fizzled out. Consumers are still buying mutton and beef...		Yoga, youth and you HAVE you ever wondered why women like Cher and Rekha look as young and as beautiful as they used to twenty years back? As a kid, I used to watch them...
Pleasant Pattaya AS our airconditioned coach sped, up along the Coastal Highway from Bangkok to Pattaya, the scene outside reminded me of our trip the States. A clean, wide road with trailers carrying large containers moving in tandem as...		The thalassemia threat ONCE thalassemia was seen as a problem of Mediterranean populations. However, today the disease is largely a problem of developing countries. It remains the most common inherited disorder in Pakistan with a...
Camel art KHUDABAD, an old capital of Sindh under the Kalhora rule, is a centre of the artists who are famous for the pottery making and the fascinating hair-cutting of animals, especially that...		Media matters A QUARTER of the world consists of young people between the ages of 10-14 years. Of these 86 per cent, live in developing countries. Pakistan currently has the largest cohort of young people in its history...
The dabate on euthanasia goes on THE hospital was silent and dreary, filled with an air of devastation. I was sitting in the long, endless corridor. The only sound was the ticking of the clock. Sunrise was expected anytime. Dawn was to bring never-ending darkness in my life. “We will pull the plug in the morning,” were the words that were jarring my nerves....		The Pearl Harbour ON DECEMBER 7, 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) carried out a preemptive carrier-borne air attack on the US military base at Pearl Harbour in the Hawaiian Islands. Eight United States Navy (USN) battleships, three cruisers, three destroyers and four auxiliary vessels were...
Hot Seat ACCLAIMED critic, poet and essayist Dr Wazir Agha has more than fifty books to his credit, while his poetry has been translated into more than ten foreign languages. Like most other...		Another round of musical chairs HISTORY is what you perceive it to be. The English call the 1857 uprising a mutiny while the Muslims call it the war of independence. I used to deal with the executives of a global company whose visiting card gave their designations to be Transit Managers....
Beginning on a positive note WITH a new chief already named by the PCB Patron, one hopes that things will be back on track sooner rather than later. Shahryar Khan is a much respected name in society and I am sure he will be very mindful of his new job’s potential to damage....		Play it fair, Britannia! PASSENGERS transiting through Britain and coloured, rise up and rebel! Oh really? Cry foul; curse the green on your passport; blame it on your creed; mourn the clash of colour if not civilizations — you can do what the blazes you please, but the whites of this world...
Corporate donkeys DONKEYS are collectively an essential driving force of many organizations in the country. Sounds like a preposterous comment? The idea is neither to insult the donkeys or the organizations, but to...		Moon of contention WITH reference to the main-story and the subsequent interview, in the November 23 issue, I would like to comment that it is most unfortunate, though not for the first time, that...
MOSAIC: Parallel cinema is alive THERE are many reasons to applaud Doctor, a short film directed by Shandana Minhas and Maheen Zia and produced by Arif Abrar of Beanistan Films, an independent film company in Karachi....		Newsmaker WITH long blonde hair and soft brown eyes, Rosanna Davison is the first lass from Ireland to win the Miss World title, earning $100,000 in prize money and all the other perks that are a part and parcel of being chosen as the most beautiful woman on earth....