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The killing fields SINCE its ignominious surrender before the joint command of India and Bangladesh forces in 1971, June 10 may perhaps mark the darkest day for the military when the ramparts...		Policing Karachi is no joke AS Director-General of the National Police Bureau, Dr Shoaib Suddle is coordinating with the provincial governments on police matters and overseeing the implementation of Police Reforms under Police Order 2002....
The tunnel In my quest for an ancient tunnel, many years ago, I travelled through rugged hilly tracks from Rohri, a town on the western bank of the Indus, and wound up in the historical ruins of Arore....		Celebrating parenthood The world will celebrate Father’s Day on June 20, but it is not a celebration in the contemporary sense of the word. In fact, contrary to popular misconception, it was not...
Freedom of truth NATIONS thrive on the truth as it is the content of truth that determines the level of prosperity in a society. No state can survive where the supply of lie exceeds...		The concept of ‘mahram’ Although the Holy Quran defines at length the term mahram — a relationship where marriage is prohibited (Surah Nisa, verse 23 & 24)) — it does not mention anything about the...
Picture perfect FORMERLY, the International Photographic Society was founded in 1980 by a group of expatriate amateur photographers with the aim to stimulate photography into innovative, creative and artistic work....		NET-CLIP: Daddy’s special day Mother’s Day came first, but Father’s Day wasn’t too far behind. But unlike Mother’s Day, the version for our daddy’s is credited to be the sole effort of one individual who...
A cold week in Portland It’s around midnight that I land in Portland, Oregon. Normally, the first thing that I do on reaching a foreign destination is to change the time on my wristwatch in accordance with the local time....		DIARY OF A VAGABOND: The autograph hunters The year was 1955 and in Flat No 17 of Luxmi Mansion, on the Mall in Lahore, lived an autograph hunter who enjoyed life in the blissful ignorance of youth. He...
Caring for your children’s teeth The phenomenal decrease in dental caries in children, in the West, is attributed to optimum fluoridation of water and access to dental care at an early age....		HOT SEAT FOR Ghulam Rasul, painting is and always will be his first love. But GR, as he is popularly known, has been a movie-goer since childhood, long before he started flirting with...
Beyond Hindukush-II IT became evident during the visit to Afghanistan that the Pushtoons, who are in majority, were not adequately included in the governance, which is dominated by the Northern Alliance and non-Taliban elements, barring a few Pushtoons who are in the Cabinet....		CHAPTER FROM HISTORY: The story of Euro THE EMERGENCE of Euro is not the story of days, but the idea is very old and absorbed years in establishment. In 1807, the great French General, Napoleon Bonaparte, desired “the...
POINT OF VIEW: ‘Allah Hafiz’ or ‘Khuda Hafiz’? THE correct Urdu translation of the term ‘sociology’ is nothing but sociology. Similarly, the correct Urdu translation of the term ‘anthropology’ is anthropology....		A bitter-sweet symphony Nothing quite scars like pathos, nothing endures like tragedy. It certainly makes a far more lasting impression than a happy ending....
Farooq Mazhar and his friends The hour of our death is not known to us and, therefore, one cannot say that Farooq Mazhar was too young to have gone to sleep forever. But even for someone...		THROUGH THE COVERS: Whims continue to matter THE PCB must be given credit for at least being discreet about something. Of course I am referring to its latest choice for the national cricketing coach. There was not even...
The price of loyalty WHERE are those seductive arguments smacking of vainglory? Where is the ilan that launched a thousand speeches inside the Parliament and outside the jalsa gah over dog-gone decades...		A hallowed tradition A fragile, old building that belongs to art and artists. A microcosm where everything offers spectacles too irresistible and utterly relevant. A few people with some seriousness of purpose had...
Of arguing with women Not that I have not seen worse things in my travel through the annals of life — eyes open or closed — specially with my services in family practice....		NEWSMAKER He takes the credit for 20th century’s greatest invention that revolutionalized and brought the world closer that anyone’s imagination. And remarkably all he does is take credit for it — no fees, no money....