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Nothing, but a bubble THE recent stock market boom in Pakistan, which saw the index go up by 112 per cent in 2002, and another 70 per cent at one point in 2003, is widely presented to reflect the growing strength of Pakistan’s economy....		It isn’t a rich man’s club MOIN M. Fudda, who is the third managing director of the Karachi Stock Exchange since the office was created by the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan, under the Asian Development Bank’s Capital Market Reforms Program...
Nursing an injured ball Something strange and unusual happened to the match-referee the night before the crucial cricket match between Hungary and Denmark...		Will your way to success ‘The difference between mediocrity and excellence is attitude’. This is perhaps the best advice ever, but the most difficult to follow. The brain is the most powerful machine in the world....
When once is not enough was among the over two million people who performed Haj in 2004. In Saudi Arabia, residents are allowed to perform Haj once every five years....		Bo-kattaa! FEBRUARY is perhaps the best image-building month for Pakistan. It also serves to answer, and somewhat cleanse, the negative marks of interrogation raised by the international community....
NET-CLIP: Getting ready for exams WHERE there’s a will there is a way. And where there’s the Internet, there are sure to be sites that will help you achieve higher marks in your Matric, Intermediate or...		A passage to Kandahar If one drives without losing much time at border check posts, it is usually a five to six hour drive from Quetta to Kandahar....
Neglected Heritage CHANDIA tribe played a very significant role in the history of Sindh. They were famous for their gallantry, courage and swordsmanship, and popularly known as the warrior tribe....		Problems of an illiterate society “Family planning must not be seen as an instrument for population control or its management but an important intervention...
HOT SEAT KNOWN television personality and a career educationist in her own right, Naveed Shahzad abhors the very idea of naming one’s favourites in any field of art. Her tone goes quite unequivocal...		Brainpower vs horsepower IN 1768, a Swede named J. Westerman wondered why his country’s shipyards and ceramics factories were only half as productive as their British and Dutch counterparts....
CHAPTER FROM HISTORY: A unique president William Howard Taft, who served as the 27th President of the United States of America almost a century ago (1909-1913), was unique in many ways. At 335 lbs, he was the...		POINT OF VIEW: Shall Dabir be available to us now? THE 200th birth anniversary of Mirza Dabir seems to be leading to a revival of this neglected marsiya writer. These days, a number of literary groups and marsiya organizations are engaged...
In search of an ideal system Recently, the Pakistan Cricket Board held two seminars to discuss pertinent issues in Pakistan cricket. Top on the agenda was the first class structure of the country....		Let’s not forget the SAF Games AFTER spending millions of rupees on the training and coaching of athletes, in 15 different disciplines, as well as sending a number of them abroad for training, the thrice postponed South...
THROUGH THE COVERS: Getting ready for the third revival AFTER all the drama and confusion that had the better of everyone in the last few days, it was a matter of much relief when Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee...		The winter of infamy Now here’s a woman the world loves. How so? She gives freely and generously of her wealth to others in need....
From Russia, with love One had to face five road barricades and the same number of police interrogations on the less than half-a-kilometre stretch of road leading to the white tents spread on the spacious...		The case of the folding stool Sure enough, you must be acquainted with the innocent-looking, simple device called the folding stool. It consists of two rectangular aluminium frames loosely bolted in the form of the English alphabet ‘X’, so that these can be brought together and folded....
NEWSMAKER ONCE the lead singer of Destiny’s Child, now a solo act, Beyonce Knowles will never be rememberd as part of a group. And with five Grammy wins earlier this month, Beyonce’s superstar-solo-artist status is firmly established....		Mother and sons With reference to the article, Mother and sons (January 25) the writer has highlighted the virtues of his mother. What is expressed is very true of all mothers. Her love for...