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Rooted in tradition Dawn Magazine took the debate of adopting the Roman script for Punjabi to Dr Saeed Bhutta, associate professor of Punjabi at the Punjab University. Besides being a teacher committed to...		A matter of script VISUALIZE the following scene: a gorgeous, voluptuous heroine, naively ignorant of her winning advantages, and a prey to gnawing doubts and gloomy misgivings, allows herself to be sneeringly treated like a...
Securing America’s promise SWITCH off your cell phones, orders the officer. Seconds later, there’s a splinter in the silence on the 16th floor when a woman’s cell goes off. The nervous assemblage of 160...		Unfinished stories SOMETIMES we read amazing, at times unbelievable, unfinished stories in the newspapers. On a few occasions, the newspapers follow these stories, and then gradually give up. The newspapers focus their attention...
Between vice and wise WISE chancellor: that is how most universities refer to the post of the vice-chancellor. He or she is someone who has the vision and wisdom to provide academic, managerial and ethical...		The IQ quandary INDIVIDUALS always differ from one another in their ability to understand different phenomena. In 1905, to assess the intelligence of a person, Alfred Binet developed a test-scale to measure the mental...
In search of enlightenment RECENTLY, a news item under the headline, “Islamists protest ‘religion-less’ passport,” was widely discussed by the international media. Many countries may have thought that the people of Pakistan are a prosperous...		Bartered for political scoring Ashvin Kumar’s Oscar nominated short film The Little Terrorist is being screened across the theatres in Mumbai, India. The story is about a young Pakistani boy, Jamal, who accidentally crosses the...
Laptop information A friend of mine is in a dilemma. Working for a multinational and being the spendthrift that he is, he doesn’t have the money to buy a laptop for himself,...		Irresistible Isfahan Such was the splendour and importance of the central Iranian city of Isfahan, Persia’s ancient capital, that it was regarded as “half the world”....
Stability of small islands Vulnerability to natural and man-made disasters including tsunamis and cyclones is among a range of emerging issues challenging the health and wealth of the world’s small island developing states....		Blaze of glory Days are not far when the Islamabad Police corps will remind one of the popular television series CHiPs of the 70s that had officers patrolling the highways of California on heavy...
Knowing the enemy Antibiotics have become a regular feature in our medication. They are now recommended for a number of treatments of various diseases. But this over dependence on antibiotics has led to a...		Hot Seat People give away something to their interviewer what they normally don’t to others. One may call it sheer luck or an innate desire to inform the readers of their ‘self’ that...
My degrees are not fake JUST flick through the local channels anytime day or night, and there is a nine out of ten chance you’ll find Dr Aamir Liaquat’s face beaming on air, either putting questions...		Feigned ignorance K.K. AZIZ, who is known to us as a historian, has come up with an in-depth study of the arts as they developed and flourished in different societies of the Islamic...
Power and governance FIVE years ago, a system of local governments was introduced against the better judgment of many and the vocal opposition of a few. The proponents of the local government scheme argued...		Let cricket be cricket The big party that the government organized recently in honour of Pakistan cricket team’s ‘victorious’ campaign in India, was nothing but an unsuccessful attempt to make the nation believe that perhaps...
Exciting mission awaits the team THE recent happenings in the West Indies carry due significance for Pakistan in view of the forthcoming tour that is likely to be an interesting affair. In the good old days,...		101 and no more THE recent death of Olympian Feroz Khan has brought down the curtain on a great life. In ways more than one, it is not just the death of an individual, but...