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Years of dispossession The web site for Grass Roots International Protection for the Palestinians (GIPP) uses the following quote from Dante: “The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality.”...		Not an easy place to live Lisa Taraki teaches sociology at Birzeit University, in the West Bank in Palestine, and also conducts research at the Women’s Studies Institute there....
Heterogeneity I have practised the application of Educational Technology (teaching through electronic media) for 30 years. My job in Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU), Islamabad, was absorbing as well as highly interesting....		De-intellectualized My maternal grandmother, Saeeda Jaffrey, did not acquire any formal education. She was, as it befitted the tradition of the days of yore, cajoled into getting hitched to a distant relative...
Mango magic It was a night of a riotous, unrestrained celebration of mango eating. I have never had more fun eating mangoes than that summer of 1984 in Kent, England. My cousin, Alqama,...		Cheap & imported The introduction of cheap Chinese and Korean goods has virtually changed the buying habits as well as the market sentiments in the last one and a half years....
Endless fun for kids Well, now that the vacations are a month old, young folk like you must have run out of steam that you have for the summer vacations....		A world of peace and tranquility Being a school teacher, it was a truly and exciting prospect for me. I along with five other lades and two gentlemen were going to Chitral for a five day vacation, and that too by road....
A potentially good export Hidden within the abundant biodiversity of the Margalla foothills, is one of Pakistan’s lesser known natural secrets; olives. In fact, very few of us know that olives are quite natural to...		Filtering out the effluents Water pollution of surface water bodies in Sindh is much more than worse than previously thought. The discharge of untreated municipal wastewater of cities, towns, and wastewater of industries and factories....
HOT SEAT SANIA Saeed has different shades to her personality, which is evident from the fact that she has done almost every kind of role with perfection on the small screen and theatre....		How outsiders look at us An informal chat with overseas Pakistanis, a chance meeting with foreign nationals on business trips to Pakistan and tourists reveal how badly Pakistan is out of step with its image abroad....
CHAPTER FROM HISTORY: A blessed woman The world, it is said, has seen only two-and-a-half Qalanders; Bu Ali Qalander, Shahbaz Qalander and Rabia Basri, who is considered half-Qalander for being a woman....		POINT OF VIEW: Who was Renuka Devi? THE rebel women we see swarming our society are, in fact, the daughters of Renuka Devi. And who was Renuka Devi? Born in a respected family of Aligarh, the girl had...
Time is running out Constant failures of the country’s leading players after the retirement of incomparable Jahangir Khan and remarkable Jansher Khan has cost Pakistan dearly its status as a leading and prominent nation in the world of squash....		The Skipper When Zulfikar Ali Bhutto told me that he was appointing me Secretary of Information & Broadcasting, I told him that I would not accept the post. He was visibly surprised. “Why...
Welcome to Woolmer SO now we have a ‘star performer’ Bob Woolmer to coach our star cricketers. Well, good luck to him and the boys....		THROUGH THE COVERS: ICC needs to be more pro-active SRI LANKAN off-spinner Muttaih Murlitharan is an individual everyone has an opinion about. Either you are with him or against him, but you cannot ignore his presence on the international stage....
Listen here, ye young If words had wings, we all would fly; if words could open magic casements on the oceans wide, we would dive deep to make the world our oyster....		The French connection For the world, June 21, is said to be the longest day of the year. For the French, it marks the first day of summer in France and observed as a...
NEWSMAKER Most folks are saying they knew it, it had to end this way. Such mismatched matches don’t last. Clearly there is less surprise at the announced divorce of Imran Khan and Jemima...		A barbaric practice With reference to Justice (retd.) Majida Rizvi’s interview, A barbaric practice (June 13), I admire the retired Justice as she is a very courageous and gutsy woman. In the interview she...