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Dream merchants ON June 5, 2005, bigwigs at the UN stressed the need for “greener city planning” across the globe on the eve of the World Environment Day. The message was with reference to the ongoing UN theme that lays emphasis on increasing...		Paradise on earth, or is it? THEY are mushrooming within and around the cities at an amazing speed. They offer you heaven on earth, transforming your dreams into reality, delivering the unattainable at your feet....
Not all is lost, for sure Credible and posh housing societies have completely transformed the concept of real estate, mainly the land. Earlier, people would buy land for a permanent shelter. Now they do it to become rich overnight. Every Tom,...		Shades of exploitation WOULD you believe we are exploited in different ways daily, without our knowing it? Why would you buy a pizza after midnight? Because they either sell it at half price or gift you an additional piece free....
The romance of Matterhorn On July 14, 1865, British engraver-turned-climber Edward Whymper achieved the supposedly impossible. He reached the summit of the Matterhorn — perhaps the most familiar mountain in the Swiss Alps....		What’s in a name? Name is the first gift given to a child from his or her parents. A name means a lot in a person’s life; its effects are far reaching and its impacts on an individual’s personality cannot be ignored....
Adulterated care PRIVATE hospitals are playing an important role in health delivery system of Pakistan. In big cities and small towns they are the alternative for those who do not want to go to public sector hospitals and have the resources to afford the private hospitals...		Go, camel kids, go! Yajuj and Majuj almost evaporated in the recent heat wave sweeping the country. I am sure you remember these little fellows who once upon a time resided in my dahlias and...
Tandojam: nostalgia and reality Tandojam has expanded manifold, but the standards are now falling WELL, of course, Tandojam is a small town about 21km north-east of Hyderabad on the road to Mirpurpkhas....		A noble man GREAT, indeed were the services rendered by the late Nawab Mohammad Ismail Khan to the cause of freedom. His wisdom, sagacity and, above al, sincerity had won him a place in...
A distinct generation I HAVE before me a collection of short stories where the story writer Mubeen Mirza, while writing his foreword, informs us that he belongs to a generation of writers who matured during the decade of eighties....		Hot Seat Model turned television and film star, Gia Ali springs quite a few surprises when asked about her favourite pastime. While she says she enjoys watching movies and television programmes, the most,...
ICC is on the right track I WAS a little surprised while going through the reaction from some of the Australians on the changes recently suggested by the relevant ICC committee in the One Day game....		Sindh’s sports saga A new leaf opened in the chapter of Sindh’s sports when the annual grant of the province for the fiscal year 2005-06 increased from Rs15 million to an unbelievable figure of Rs80 million, an increase of more then 400 per cent....
Wrong priorities IN the last week or so there were at least two news reports that made me wonder once again what should be one’s priority when there is a contest between personal issues and national duty....		Truth or dare IS she coming here or not? Read Dawn and you’ll be cheered at the Foreign Office spokesman’s techy testimony that none dare stop Mukhtaran from streaking across to America. Good, the matter is done with finally; we can now move on with our lives...
Newsmaker IS she coming here or not? Read Dawn and you’ll be cheered at the Foreign Office spokesman’s techy testimony that none dare stop Mukhtaran from streaking across to America. Good, the matter is done with finally; we can now move on with our lives....		MOSAIC: One planet, many people The dramatic and, in some cases, damaging environmental changes sweeping planet Earth have been brought into sharp focus in a new atlas that was launched to mark the World Environmental Day (WED)....