Shoppers’ paradise
“A mall is a good place for teenagers to meet as opposed to a dhaba at Tariq Road,” says Huma whose husband has boutiques in two of Karachi’s leading malls....
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Homemaker by profession
Usually, the argument or issue is that a woman (mostly married, sometimes single) wants to work and for various reasons is unable to do so. Although she is equipped with all...
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On judicial reforms
Much has been said and written in recent years about the need for dispensation of inexpensive and speedy justice in Pakistan....
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The hills are alive...
As one drives around Karachi’s Bachcha Khan Chowk in Benaras, towards the hills of Orangi, one cannot help notice the change of atmosphere, the smell in the air, that scent of Pakhtun Khwa — the Land of the Pathans....
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Requiem for the Queen
The first time I saw her was back in October 1995. But even those were not her glory days. Only a few years earlier, she had been resurrected after a fire which had completely ravaged her timber superstructure and cabins....
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For ladies only
It’s 5:30 pm and as the working hours draw to a close, there is the usual mayhem and madness on the forever busy I.I. Chundrigar Road and M.A. Jinnah Road, running almost parallel to it....
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Angina pain
Q: I started having skipped heartbeats and severe chest pain when I exerted myself. It was so bad, it took me to the ground. I had an ECG that...
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Made in China
With streams of sweat pouring out of every orifice of your body, you try to navigate the chaotic streets of Karachi’s bustling cauldron of anarchy — that is Saddar — on a sweltering summer’s day....
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Sweet peas, please
There is something about the scent of sweet peas that sends the senses reeling. In my opinion, no flower garden is complete without them....
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EIGHT DAYS A WEEK
Disney’s traditional summer outing is here. Finding Nemo is the latest in a long line of Disney’s animated classics that have thrilled audiences for nearly seventy years....
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