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Fiddling with heritage NUSSERWANJEE Building, that stood in Kharadar as one of the several insignificant buildings of the colonial era, and was destined to be demolished and turned into useless rubble...		It’s relocation, not conservation IT is surprising that many reputed architects think that the Nusserwanjee Building Relocation Project is a publicity stunt, says Syed Akeel Bilgrami, an eminent architect and founder-member of the Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture....
Badruddin the bookie Once a bookie, always a bookie! An internationally known bookie of Karachi is my friend. There is no point in revealing his name. Let us call him by an assumed name, Badruddin alias Badru....		Consequences of childhood scars PARENTS are the cornerstone of every person’s familial life. Transcending religious boundaries, children are taught to respect their parents and elders, their wishes and pledge obedience to them. But it is...
Women trafficking remains rampant South Asia is a unique geographical area. It is one of the world’s most populous regions with one-quarter of the world’s population. The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) comprises...		NET-CLIP: A treat for all music lovers Describing music is as difficult as defining art. The word music has been used to illustrate various things from “any euphonious and pleasing sound” to a printed document showing how a...
Accountability farce THE recent Supreme Court decision in a case filed by Mian Shahbaz Sharif, declaring him free to return to the country, and the NAB’s assertion that the PML(N) leader would be arrested immediately on arrival has once again put the spotlight on the entire process....		There is no quick fix My first peek into the American culture, that I had not already known via television and books, was 20 years ago, when I was an intern in Family Medicine....
A Himalayan necklace At the time of collusion of the Indian subcontinent with the land mass of Asia, about one hundred million years ago, nature carefully disposed the Pir Panjal range in the Himalayas to be the necklace of the complex....		The historically rich Uch Uch, the ancient city of saints is situated in the Bahawalpur district. Full of historical values, the city has its own spiritual and traditional values. For five thousand years ago, Uch...
Don’t walk, have a worried life DIABETES has emerged as a major health problem around the world. The estimates of the World Health Organization and International Diabetes Federation give prevalence figures in 2003 of 194 million people with diabetes globally....		HOT SEAT DIRECTOR-cum-producer-cum-actor Samina Peerzada claims she is “surrounded by cinema” as she watches a lot of films. Yet, while most people would rattle off the names of western or Indian films when...
Industrialization is the key The “basic democracy” system was the army’s alliance with the bourgeoisie while the “Nazim” system represents the army-wadera alliance....		Goristan-i-Firdausia in Lahore Lahore has been a Muslim settlement for over 1,000 years, amongst a conglomerate of original Hindu populace and later the Sikh and Christian faiths....
POINT OF VIEW: There she goes again A literary age is also known by the kind of controversies it brings in its wake. They are indicative of the newly emerged questions in our literature and our involvement in...		Lara crosses new frontier Six months ago Brian Lara was woken from deep slumber. It was 3 in the middle of the night and the news wasn’t good....
Burewalla Express will run no more A legendary fast bowler of his generation, Waqar Younis bade farewell to the game he loved and dominated for more than a decade. Along with his equally illustrious partner, Wasim Akram,...		THROUGH THE COVERS: A politically correct end THE match in Pindi is midway through its designated five-day tenure as I write these lines. Though things look pretty ominous right now, There is hardly any point in taking up...
Corruption at the UN His son, Kojo, is the cause. Kofi, the dad, running the United Nations as the first black to become the 7th Secretary-General — thrashing through a 40-year UN thicket infested with hobbits and orcs ...		On with the games He loves me, he loves me not ... he loves me! The lion that was threatening us for the past three years finally arrived. SAF Games, in a state of uncertainty...
And the award goes to ... The awards night has its own charm and nothing can beat the exhilaration of watching one’s favourite nominee win an award...		NEWSMAKER It seems the newest fad these days in tinsel town is for stars to pick up the pen and write — not a screenplay but a children’s book....