Terror in the mountains
Galliat leopards are normally friendly animals, and had not hurt any humans for decades. They are now starving because man has invaded their habitat. Ayaz Ahmed Khan gives an account of...
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When silence is immoral
Have you heard of Cindy Sheehan? She is an American woman whose son Casey was killed in the war in Iraq in April 2004. You may well ask what is so...
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‘We should have been warned’
Siobhan O’Neill was told the new five-in-one jab might leave her daughter...
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Are love and success incompatible?
All the striking success at the workplace notwithstanding, paradoxically, influential women seem to be at a disadvantage when it comes to love and marriage, writes...
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Sweating it out
Body odour may be one of the greatest antisocial epidemics of our times. It seems you cannot go anywhere without noticing that unpleasantly distinctive and pungent stale sweat smell produced by...
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The Khussa story
Adorned with sequins and intricate hand embroidery, Khussas are available in some very outrageous albeit funky colours –– hot pink, flaming orange, parrot green, royal blue, tomato red, to name a...
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The walled city of Peshawar
The capital city of the North West Frontier Province, Peshawar is one of the oldest cities of South Asia but its uniqueness lies in the fact that it is a historical ‘living’ city. The walled city of Peshawar has had successive rulers including the Huns, Turk Shahi,...
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IPR fuss is legitimate!
Intellectual Property Rights can be defined as rights given to persons for the creations of their minds. It gives advantage to the creators to be able to exercise their exclusive...
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Enhancing looks
Daytime make up, especially in summer, should be light with a matt finish. Perfection can be achieved if the very first step, that is selection of the base colour, is carefully...
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Awards for outstanding women
As 2005 is the year of the woman, a programme was recently held at the Arts Council to give awards to outstanding women. In his introductory address, Zaigham Zaidi head of Bisaat-e-Yaraan, pointed out that as this was the year of the woman,...
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Pains of love
Every disease has its domain. If, in madness, it is the brain, in cirrhosis, the liver, and in lumbago, the spine, in love it is that web of knots and filaments...
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Helping others and yourself
Charities will launch a campaign in the near future to boost the recruitment of younger and minority ethnic trustees after years of relying on support from an almost exclusively white and ageing population.n...
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Chemical imbalance defined
Q Recently in the news was the case of a woman who suffered brain damage due to a chemical imbalance. It mentioned a potassium imbalance. What does “chemical imbalance” mean? And...
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The ‘secret garden’
A dedicated gardener has transformed a neglected poultry farm into a horticultural wonder, writes Zahrah Nasir...
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Eight Days a Week
Aamir Khan against the dastardly British in pre-partition colonial India. Is this Lagaan 2? Despite surface similarities, the answer is ‘No’. The people behind the movie may have made The Rising: Ballad of Mangal Pandey with an eye at another Oscar nomination and broad international success...
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Caffeine cravings
Hidden in a quiet corner of Zamzama, Kaldi is familiar to all those who have prowled this part of the city at night, looking for a place to satiate that post-dinner coffee craving....
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