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Back to square one Pakistan was on its way to achieving a modicum of stability when the 1999 coup once again derailed the political process. The military intervention was condemned by the world, but it...		Virtual prisoners Man is the architect of his own virtual prison, and rarely escapes it, We all are virtual prisoners. Doesn’t it sound as an enigmatic statement? Yes, it does, at least on the face of it. But, in fact, it is not a puzzling statement...
Fact and fiction Though there have been persistent reports about discrimination against the immigrants who form a sizable part of the US population, sometimes fiction overtakes reality...		Roof gardening with cacti These days, very few people can afford to adopt gardening as a hobby, mainly because of the fact that many of us have started living in apartments....
Getting to know diabetes Diabetes is becoming a very common condition these days and diabetics are learning to live with it. Take for example the case of Mr Mehmood. He monitors his blood sugar levels...		Paragliding in Pakistan I have been trying my hand at different sports and different adventures in Pakistan as I feel that every sport in the world can be played here, including horseback riding, sailing, kayaking and paragliding...
A man of letters In the sphere of knowledge and literature, two groups of eminent people have existed in every era. Those who work less but acquire more fame, and those who get no publicity yet leave substantial work behind....		An enriching experience South Africa is a country that has many a natural and man-made wonder...
The village that is Greenwich The pale rays of an autumn afternoon were like a painter’s brush which was painting the footpaths, cars, iron railings and faces with subdued golden colour, turning them into some ancient Maya gold ornaments....		Commitment needed Recently, the new City Nazim of Karachi appointed a high power committee to look into the matters of the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital (ASH) and convert it into an institute, which would provide services to the poor....
Hot Seat Veteran producer and recipient of a large number of awards, and the only woman in South Asia to be the president of a television channel, Sultana Siddiqui loves to listen to semi-classical music and ghazals....		The real prince of Denmark A lot is said and written about Hamlet. But what does it really have to offer?.It is said that even if Shakespeare had only written Hamlet and no other play, he still would have been the greatest playwright ever....
A land always invaded The Subcontinent has been the land of conflict from the very beginning. Aryans came to this land thousands of years ago. After the settlement of the Aryans in the Subcontinent, many changes came into their life....		Portrait of a revolutionary man IT was during the forties that James Joyce, with particular reference to his novel Ulysses, had attracted the attention of the modernists in Urdu. Mohammad Hasan Askari came out as a...
The ground reality Cricket lovers in Hyderabad have long been deprived of a chance to witness international cricket at the city’s very own stadium, mainly because the officials concerned have no interest in keeping...		A worthwhile contribution IN the wake of the shattering earthquake that hit the northern parts of the country in early October, there was a tremendous response from all segments of society, as everyone wanted...
It was more of the same THE manner in which the first two Tests were contested, I guess this series between Pakistan and India is some sort of acontroversy against the game of cricket. There is someone who thinks people waste too much time to follow cricket across the globe,....		Simmering Balochistan More than 90 minutes’ address of General Pervez Musharraf has calmed the fears of three smaller provinces regarding the Kalabagh dam, at least, for the time being. The Bajour attack by American forces...
MOSAIC It is known that people with histories of minimal or no smoking have markedly reduced risk for lung cancer compared to heavy smokers, states a recent issue of the Journal of American Medical Association....		Newsmaker On Monday last, Stephen Harper steered his Conservative Party to victory after it won 124 of the 308 seats in the House of Commons in Canadian elections, ending more than 12 years of Liberal Party rule....
Health Interactive QI am a 25 years old male and I need your help. I am facing the problem of stuttering and it is from my birth. It has badly affected my studies and personality....		Rejuvenated enthusiasm “It’s like a dream,” a political worker was heard saying in a recent rally organized in Hyderabad against the Kalabagh dam. “Look at this crowd of political workers that has turned up in big numbers,” he said....
From Here, There, and Everywhere HONG KONG: Tourists to the waterfront stand inside a billboard celebrating the Chinese new year. This lunar new year will herald the Year of the Dog....