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Culture shock GENERALLY speaking, acclimatization is believed to be a tricky affair for people moving from one place to another. But when it comes to re-settling back in one’s home country, it should not be that big an issue ... or so I thought....		Mission migration TO migrate or not to migrate, that’s the question that’s been pestering a lot of Pakistanis for long. Some are of the opinion that in the post 9/11 scenario, migrating to a Western country may not be a desirable idea, and some think otherwise....
Who killed Syed Akbar? WHEN official probe into the high profile assassination of prime minister of Pakistan, Liaqat Ali Khan (Oct 16, 1951) did not bear any fruit, it was rumoured that the government had reluctantly handed over the investigation to crack detectives hired from abroad on lucrative emoluments. It turned out to be an exercise in futility....		Death of a knowledge-seeker SHE may not have dreamed of becoming a legend. She may not have wanted to earn a huge amount of money. But the shortage of basic needs to live did not...
Time to make a quick buck LIKE all previous Ramazans, nothing has changed this year as well. Consumers are again at the mercy of retailers and shopkeepers who are forcing them to pay higher prices for the usual products as price regulators and other concerned officials, watch from the sidelines....		The weird web THERE is something fascinating about disgusting things; I hate lizards. Sometimes when I have the ill-fortune to spy one darting out from behind the sink, I wash my hands with soap...
Travelogue of an astronomer ON the island of La Palma, in the Spanish Canary islands, the geographical identity of the locality is the huge caldera that was formed 500,000 years. Today, the rim of this caldera is populated with instruments that are busy peering out into space in search of numerous answers....		Avoiding blindness ONE of the biggest scourges to ravage through the South Asian subcontinent is the problem of cataract. Hundreds of thousands, if not millions, suffer from this curable problem. Yet, for lack of knowledge, many in the towns, cities and villages of the subcontinent continue to suffer with blurred vision...
Alexander’s footsteps THE Salt Range in northern Punjab is a sort of natural barrier between northern and central Punjab. Although more people know about Salt Range because of its salt mines at Khewra...		Truly a people’s person ALL those who have written about the eminent educationist Begum Amina Majeed Malik after her death on October 4 in Karachi have either ignored or haven’t done justice to the fact that the lady was a people’s person...
Literary options POETRY and fiction are two forms of literary expression that are essentially different from one another. So we have in our literary world two kinds of writers: poets and fiction writers,...		The reign of Akbar — III IT is difficult to give a complete account of royal travels and camping, but a few items that go along during hunting and pleasure trips have been described here....
Hot Seat IT all began 30 years back when she was selected as a talk-show host. Since, it has been a long and arduous journey for Khushbakhat Shujat. Still, today as vice-president of...		The 268-goal man IFTIKHAR HUSSAIN wasn’t at home. He had stepped out to attend to some domestic chores. Boy did he wish that he hadn’t for by the time that Iftikhar returned, his son, Sohail Abbas had already set the much awaited world record to his name....
Juggernaut on the roll again THE Australian victory over India in the first Test was as emphatic as they come. Though the Indian tail did wag in both the innings, it was a clear case of...		Friendship series THE India-Pakistan hockey series is over and once again Pakistan has walked away with the title. But a win in the last match at least ended the series on a positive...
Grab the thought HAVE you ever noticed that reflection when Ramadan gets sharper? The inner sanctum of the soul looks to renewal. The brain sends messages that it’s time for the annual clean-up while the body gets vacuumed of toxics and antigens allowed to proliferate in the system over months of abuse and food binging....		A bitter experience I HAVE lived in Saudi Arabia for 10 years. And all I’ve heard from expatriates around me is their fear of the Saudi police. “There’s nothing worse than being stopped by the police. They speak no English. They have a one track mind and you cannot reason out with them.”...
Art and honour ‘STOP killing of women in the name of honour,’ ‘Violence against women unacceptable,’ ‘Honour killing is a part of Pakistani feudal system’... read the banners, held by thousands of activists from...		Love is an enigma WITH reference to the article, Love is an enigma (September 26), explaining these four alphabets is not easy....
MOSAIC: Deep-sea treasures FOR many years, research has focused largely on tropical, shallow-water corals, found in areas such as the Maldives, which support entire island communities by providing fish as sustenance for families and...		Newsmaker FOR a man who was so severely injured that he stopped breathing for three minutes and his head had to be reattached to his spinal column resulting in paralysis from the neck down, to dream of walking is really wishing for the impossible....