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Questions galore In India there have been quite a few books in recent times dealing with the Kargil controversy. In the absence of any such effort in Pakistan, it is the Indian viewpoint...		Betrayal has limits It is always rewarding to look back. Gone are the days when some mythical figures used to warn ordinary mortals not to look back, and if they did so, they would turn into stones....
Crime and punishment This article has nothing to do with the unforgettable book of Dostoevsky by the same title, Crime and Punishment. We would look at the pathetic incidents taking place around us locally,...		Living in the dark These days, it is hard to imagine leading a normal life without electricity. But Karachittes seem to be deprived of this facility. The KESC’s frequent loadshedding and long power cuts have made them completely helpless....
Meaningful celebrations? Independenc: freedom from political control by other countries. That’s why independence is something that everyone cherishes. When the Muslims of the once undivided India carved out a separate land for themselves,...		Citizen of the world Way back in 1939, Patras Bokhari wrote an article, Hindustani from Madras, in which he said that in order to “extend the coverage of a language to the whole of India, fastidious standards of purism and exclusiveness must receive minor shocks.”...
The Tasmanian adventure Separated from mainland Australia, Tasmania is a land apart. One of the most spectacular regions on the continent with a history of pirates and convicts, Tasmania also has its own natural...		As Beirut burns THE images of Lebanon and Beirut shown on television look very familiar, specially the port of Beirut because in i975 while my taxi was fired upon, I escaped from a burning...
Affairs of the heart-II Besides Electrocardiography (ECG) that was talked about in detail last week, there is Exercise Tolerance Test (ETT) that is a very effective tool in the diagnostic and prognostic work up of patients...		Hot Seat Master batsman and former captain of the Pakistan cricket team, Jawed Miandad doesn’t hesitate accepting that he hailed from a family where luxuries didn’t come easy; and that in order to give impetus to his cricket career and buy the necessary gear,...
The essence of education While I was at a French pre-school, I noticed a teacher queuing up children. I thought she would be taking them to the playground or to a computer lab. To my surprise, they were taken to the washroom and the teacher accompanied them herself. One may ask:...		Arab-Israeli War of 1967 ON the morning of June 5, 1967, at 07:45 hours, at ten minutes interval thereafter, wave after wave of Israeli bombers began to attack Egyptian airfields, destroying aircrafts on the ground and putting runways out of action....
With love from Balochistan The two terms karo-kari and honour-killing have now come to stay in our collective idiom as ones symbolising the oppressive conditions women in Pakistan are living in, more particularly in regions dominated by feudal and tribal lords....		England’s triumph Shortly before 3pm on Aug 8, Sajid Mahmood, a second-generation Pakistani and a young Sikh by the name of Panesar, reluctant and slightly self-conscious the pair of them, were pushed to the fore by their colleagues and together led the England side from the field...
Something to forget ONLY last week I wrote about huge batting partnerships becoming increasingly possible only in the subcontinent. Before the readers could actually go through those lines, Yunis Khan and Mohammad Yusuf made...		An exercise in futility Millions of rupees have been spent and services of no less than 16 foreign coaches have been acquired to prepare Pakistan’s squad, the biggest contingent ever to participate in the 22-year...
At last, something to smile about THE recent display of some seriously decent hockey by the Pakistan Juniors is something to celebrate for it has come in the wake of some seriously disappointing performance of the senior side....		Rumour has it The children strapped with an old parent must remember that they too will turn old one day and be dependent on their children...
Mosaic AN aspirin a day helps many people keep away from heart attacks and strokes. It is classed as a wonder drug. Heart attacks and strokes cause almost a million deaths every year in USA....		Newsmaker Dean Jones has always been the kind of player you can’t ignore. You either loved him or hated him, but all the sentiments he evoked during his cricketing days are nothing compared to what he has gotten himself into as a commentator....
Health Interactive QI am a 28 years old male. I have a problem that I have gained 10 kilos of weight in the last few months and my waist has increased by five inches in last five months....		Monsoon Blues: It keeps flooding Venice: flowing rivers, beautiful shores, awe-inspiring architecture, boats of all shapes and sizes … Pristine in the glory of water....