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Treaties ill-treated THE future of international law as a framework for global order under the auspices of the UN has become uncertain after 9/11....		The dissimilarity phenomenon A TEACHER took a group of 10 intermediate students to the Taxila museum. The curator showed different sections in the museum to the students....
Airport blues RECENTLY the Managing Director of the PTDC said: “Pakistan expects a big boost in tourism inflow this summer.” It would be of great help if he paid a visit to the...		Be a sport DIFFERENT sporting activities have always had a special place in the history of mankind. From time immemorial man has indulged in a number of physical activities to keep himself fit. Besides...
Life is punchy SO you too live in a fool’s paradise and believe life is peachy. At least this is not the case with me. For me, life is punchy. No, it’s not that...		Hunting for fun It all started with a plan amongst four friends. But by the time it was over, nine of us had gone hunting around the chilly surroundings of the vast Indus River....
NET-CLIP: A click and a resolution As I decided to come up with some really good New Year resolutions for 2005, an idea came to my mind. Why not search the Internet and find sites that have...		DIARY OF A VAGABOND: Farewell to New Delhi So it was my last day in Delhi, the city of Djinns and the golden owl and I laughed and laughed like a madman as the five hundred years old Lodhi...
Helping those in need The doctor called my uncle into his office and said: “I don’t know how to tell you this, but you have cancer.” Within a few minutes, my uncle experienced a number of emotions....		Accepting small things in life Accepting smaller things in life is something which is not common in our generation. To do small deeds in life for someone else does give you a certain amount of satisfaction...
The white sands of Thailand Clear skies, cool breeze, sunglasses and lemonade are the ideal ingredients if one needs to enjoy a beach. And if the beach is coated with a layer of white sand, then it’s nothing less than heaven....		HOT SEAT It was with great diffidence that I approached the renowned folk singer Abida Parveen. She appears to be so deeply immersed in Sufi kalaam that she seems to be oblivious of...
‘Holy’ hate THESE days many people hate each other. Not only do they hate, but also try to harm one another. This is partially a result of anger that people express because of religious differences....		CHAPTER FROM HISTORY: The Mongol incursion THE last quarter of the 12th century witnessed the rise of the Mongols. Comprising bands of nomads, mostly illiterate, they mainly depended for their sustenance on occasional forays into the neighbouring...
POINT OF VIEW: A critic with a difference MUMTAZ Shirin figures prominently in Nisar Aziz’s autobiography. It is through Nisar Aziz’s book that we came to know about the agonizing last days of this distinguished writer, whose meteoric rise...		Yet another trophy slips away The recently concluded 20th Pakistan Open Squash Championship ended in a blaze of glory for James Willstrop of England after he defeated Anthony Ricketts of Australia in the final to lift his first Pakistan Open trophy....
THROUGH THE COVERS: Expectations galore WRITING these lines just before the start of the Test series between Pakistan and Australia, it was only in the fitness of things to use this space as a curtain-raiser for...		‘You’re fired!’ HIS trademark is a chimpanzee shock of hair covering half his face. But now Donald Trump aspires to stack up one more trophy: he wants to own...
Pedestrians’ predicament SOME of our well wishers, taking advantage of one occasion or another, exhort us to walk. Whether it is to keep a healthy heart, purify pollution, educate the uneducated, help the...		The gift of gardening ONE of the basic purposes of any artistic activity is to find order in certain things in the world and solve many mysteries in ways that give the artist with a sense of achievement....
What a mess! With reference to the article What a mess! (November 21), the writer has pointed out the real problem lies with our educational system and that it is being taken over by...		Newsmaker Anna Kournikova, the tennis star with supermodel looks, has always been more in the news for her personal life than for her skills on the tennis court....