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Gone with the wind One by one, famous cinema houses in Karachi are closing down. This is one more blow to the dwellers of the city who are already starved of entertainment opportunities...		Invisible cobwebs Darshan, a man in his late forties visited a well-known psychiatrist in Hilal-e-Ahmar Hospital Complex in Karachi. In the proximity are a number of consultation clinics of cardiologists, physicians, surgeons, neurologists, ophthalmologists, dentists, gynaecologists, urologists, dermatologists, and ENT specialists....
Deadly diagnosis HOW would you feel if your family doctor revealed, “Your ultrasound shows stones in both the kidneys.” Certainly it would make you feel terrible. The world would suddenly appear gloomy and...		Driving nuts BAD dreams do not necessarily scare the hell out of us at night. Nightmares can also be a daytime experience, especially in the morning when you wake up with the worry...
Educating the educators I HAVE been visiting painting workshops for children held all over the country for a year now. The opportunity provides me with an insight into child education and the factors...		Treasures of a princess THE very mention of the Lahore Fort instantly brings to mind the history of Mughal architecture, vividly depicted in the shape of multiple buildings....
Athens 2004 Right now I am glued to the TV screen. No, I am not watching any sleaze fest from across the border. Rather, it are the Olympics, the grandest sporting spectacle to...		To the sunshine state Right now I am glued to the TV screen. No, I am not watching any sleaze fest from across the border. Rather, it are the Olympics, the grandest sporting spectacle to take over the world, one every four years....
Will ye no, come back again The rusty and creaking iron gate of 26-Westridge I, Rawalpindi is the last chapter of a heartbreaking tragedy, which closed forever after the death of its last young and impulsively intelligent...		Touching a raw nerve NEUROLOGY is the scientific study of nerves and their diseases. The nervous system of a human body chiefly constitutes of the spinal cord, brain, nerves and muscles....
HOT SEAT Veteran actor, Adnan Siddiqui is one of the busiest persons in showbiz these days. But despite his hectic schedule, he finds time to talk about the movies he watches, the music...		Half-told truths FINALLY, the autobiography of former US president Bill Clinton, My Life, has reached the newsstands all over the world and is proving to be interesting to read, exploring many aspects of a president marked by some topsy-turvy events....
CHAPTER FROM HISTORY: The king who loved music MANY fascinating characters in history are associated with the mediaeval times. Mainly from the upper stratum of society, they have left their indelible mark in history books for those who are...		POINT OF VIEW: Idealist or pragmatist? WAS idealism just a pose with Dr Zakir Husain? Or should we say that his idealism had a mix of a bit of pragmatism and opportunism?...
Let the game begin With Rameez’s departure, adhocism has claimed its latest victim ...		A non-playing cricketer The cricket world is made up of much more than just players and officials. There are ‘characters’ who somehow attach themselves to teams. They start as camp-followers and end up as...
DIFFERENT STROKES: Going for the golden glory Coming to the Olympics, the one aim that every team harbours is winning the gold. Pakistan is of course no exception....		The last opportunity More than anyone else, the Dutch coach of the Pakistani hockey must be the most anxious man on the Pakistani bench today. Fo in a few hours time, the green-shirts will...
THROUGH THE COVERS: All eyes are on the Senate body AS I was writing my last column, Ramiz Raja was still talking about the future plans of Pakistan Cricket Board with which he was associated since time immemorial, and of which...		The summer of 1954 Southampton ahoy! Act one of the longest journey had thus come to an end. Playing the game and playing to win was to follow. England waited to wallop the “rabbits” and walk off with the Test series, the first with Pakistan. But the Oval can wait...
Of relatives and relations FLIPPING through old albums of my parents’ childhood takes me to a different world — a world that can only be imagined. The world where my grandparents, granduncles and grandaunts are young and dressed very differently ...		NEWSMAKER She failed to get the presidency two years ago. But she is back, challenging yet again her biggest rival, Karzai, in Afghanistan’s forthcoming direct presidential elections in early October....