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The flip side of honour IN a small neighbourhood in Haji Colony, Sargodha, the dreams of newlywed Zahra Bibi shattered when her husband, Nur Sultan, came home from work....		A barbaric practice It is time to sit up and take notice. Honour killing or karo-kari is a term which makes us feel ashamed. Why? Because human-rights groups and the international community are raising a hue and cry over it....
Death of an upright person THE telephone kept ringing for some time. I woke up from my afternoon nap, cursed Graham Bell, and reluctantly reached out for the receiver, and said, “Are you looking for an assassin?”...		When quality is a problem Amongst the various benefits and facilities provided by a progressive industrial organization for its employees, the canteen is one which has the potential of generating frequent troubles for the employer....
Karo-kari has no end TEHMINA and Abida Bhutto, two sisters living in the Shikarpur area, after refusing marriage proposals by their cousins, left their home for a relative’s house in the nearby town of Sukkur....		Addicted to the Net Ok, so you got up in the morning and had your tea in front of the PC, while checking your e-mail. Then you left for work, and while in the car...
Uncertainty beyond the Hindukush While the Pakistani military had stepped up its operation to flush out the so-called remnants of Al Qaeda and Taliban from Waziristan in the tribal areas bordering unstable Afghanistan...		Remove the seeds of discrimination The oft-repeated statement of the government of ‘not allowing this soil to be used for terrorism’ is losing its impact. Each day begins with the uncomfortable feeling of an impending maelstrom....
The beautiful island A bright sun melting into a vast layer of clouds is the most spectacular sight at thousand feet above earth. It’s serene, unusual and leaves you spell-bound....		A university for an uneducated system In 1654, the soldiers of Kalhora emperor Mian Naseer Muhammad Kalhoro, brought to the court a beautiful woman called Aziman. Known for her beauty throughout the land, Aziman was produced, along...
The limp side of diabetes The Oxford Dictionary defines ‘impotence’ as ‘powerless, helpless, decrepit, (especially of male) wholly lacking in sexual power’....		A complication-free life DIABETES mellitus (DM) is a common chronic metabolic disorder that affects almost all body systems either directly or indirectly....
HOT SEAT SARTORIAL-WEAR designer Amir Adnan claims he enjoys watching movies, although he hasn’t seen any lately. However, what he did see only a night before the interview took place was Chicken Run,...		Digging up the past AS fresh scholars ready to be groomed into career archaeologists, we reached Banbhore Archaeological Camp to undergo intensive training in archaeological excavations....
CHAPTER FROM HISTORY: The Hejaz railway On June 5, 1916, the Hejaz railway line was cut by Lawrence of Arabia. This single-track line ran all the way to Madina, linking the Arab countries with Europe and following...		POINT OF VIEW: ‘Urdu Studies’ in English THANKS to Prof Mohammad Umar Memon, his journal, Urdu Studies, has, for the time being, helped me to get rid of the terror-stricken atmosphere we are at presently fated to live...
Innocent till proved guilty For a person who has been drawing fire from all corners, Ramiz Raja was calm and collected as he greeted me in his secretary’s office and motioned me to follow him into his office....		Cricket to a calypso beat “The West Indian cricket scene, peopled with characters as colourful as its islands, and the home of some of the exciting personalities ever produced by cricket, is the first love of...
THROUGH THE COVERS: Celebrating an exciting career THE series victory by England over New Zealand is just another indication of an English revival on the world stage. The Kiwis are now struggling with a spate of injuries, which...		The day of the Jabal HIS cronies call him ‘Jabal’, the mountain. It’s an appropriate enough name given the body mass. Currently heavyweight Zafarullah Jamali is enmeshed in a battle royale with lightweight Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain...
On saving the environment LOCATED in a lush-green environment with clouds floating, little will the environment gurus in Stockholm know what it means to celebrate the World Environment Day in the scorching heat of June...		Dangerous manoeuvres WHAT start off as dim images, minus any sound bytes, of couples surfing the Internet soon transform into the unspeakable....
Groping in the dark With reference to the lead story Groping in the dark (May 9), I would like to add that the role of unions in many public sector bodies has been unhealthy, leaving...		NEWSMAKER He was the Teflon president — nothing he did wrong seemed to stick to him. Even criticism didn’t stick. Instead, it became a point of admiration....