April 22, 2007 Welcome to a generous selection of articles from DAWN's Weekly Magazine. This page is updated every Sunday. For current issue Click here Deal ... no deal … deal ... no deal … Has the govt finally hammered out a deal with the PPP? Political developments, not to mention some statements coming from both sides... The virtual prisoner You can escape from a visible prison, but invisible prisons are impossible to break out of... Charminar in Karachi While in Karachi, if you happen to cross Bahadurabad Chowrangi you will look at a structure right in the middle of the four roads converging on the chowrangi.... A covert method to madness “A common mistake that people make when trying to devise something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools... The corruption syndrome Transparency International defines corruption as the abuse of public office for private gains. For the last 60 years this type of corruption has been taking root in literally every public office in Pakistan.... Communications in your hand There are many things in life that we take for granted. Air, the ability to chew food and the cell phone that we use to communicate.... The mirage of development Hiding behind the mirage of development we see that Pakistan and Karachi, its biggest city, suffer a lot because of road traffic injuries... Controversies galore In February 2007, the president of Pakistan approved a proposal for coming up with a high-scale real estate development project along Hawksbay, Sandspit and Manora islands.... Falling in love with Mumbai The thing that strikes you most about Mumbai is the number of people on the streets. Everywhere you go there is a flood of people as if some big political rally... The snake game I am a self-styled vagabond and why shouldn’t I be when everybody around me is self-styled, including the politicians, mullas and generals. And in this capacity I have roamed the world,... Jealousy hurts Webster defines jealousy as suspicion or resentment arising from mistrust of another. One who is jealous exacts exclusive devotion and is intolerant of rivalry... Hot Seat Iftikhar Syed belongs to the glorious age of Pakistan hockey when we were the masters of the game and won all the championships that mattered – the Olympics... Duality in education Today we have not one but two Pakistans —Pakistan of the privileged, and that of the deprived. It is therefore impossible that education... Fundamentalism down the lane Holding firmly to basic fundamentals has been a paradigmatic pattern of devout people in every age of history. However, the term ‘fundamentalism’ is a production of the 20th Century’s conservative Protestant movement.... The rebirth of an old tradition AN evening with two artists coming from Delhi may be deemed as a resurrection of the vanished art of storytelling known as dastan goi. It was a fully packed open air... The final conquerors It is a good feeling when you receive the man of the match award, but it also involves sweat and toil. To be adjudged player of the match... No surprises in the line-up IT is not often that one has looked forward to a match in this World Cup. By and large, it has failed to live up to the reputation of the followers of the game for one reason or the other.... Adopting a multi-pronged approach THE training camp in Karachi is my first brush with the national hockey resource pool since the Sydney 2000 Olympics where the team had finished fourth, which to date remains one... Conscience of a maverick “I’m more Pakistani than most Pakistanis,” says Ram Jethmalani, India’s most famous criminal lawyer and seasoned politician... From Here, There, and Everywhere KABUL A woman from the ethnic Hazara minority stands in front of her cave home in Bamiyan.... Mosaic Living near busy street ups breathing problems: The closer people live to a main road, the more likely they are to suffer from respiratory symptoms such as breathlessness and wheezing, a new study from Switzerland shows... Newsmaker Name: Cormac McCarthy: Cormac McCarthy is now going to find it increasingly difficult to remain reclusive like he has preferred to so far. Winning the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for fiction... Health Interactive QMy cousin has a heart problem. She is 78. She is under treatment of a cardiologist. Please try and explain ‘What is heart failure’ as I think she has it and... From the scrapbook From the collection of Rafi-uz-zaman Zuberi, here is a rare photograph showing the Quaid-e-Azam sitting in Eidgah Maidan on the first Eid after Independence. Also seen are Sardar Abdur Rab Nishter, Ayub Khuro, I.I...

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