May 11, 2006

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Stampede at Faizan-i-Madina The increasing incidence of deaths due to terrorist activities or otherwise have made crowd management a serious concern all over the world. Safety management is important as excessive crowding and poor crowd management can lead to a catastrophe such as a stampede, which can result in heavy casualties....		Chaos at heaven’s door The unfortunate stampede at the shrine of Baba Fariduddin Shakarganj on the night of March 31, 2001, in which over 100 pilgrims –– all men including a 12-year-old boy –– died...
Who is to blame? If you were to go to the house of the little girl who was so brutally murdered recently, would you be able to bear the grief of the family, especially the...		The wife of Brian “When I land in Los Angeles there is a message from Gigi Levangie on my phone. I’m not sure if it’s more of an invitation or a warning. In a voice that has the throaty allure of Sharon Stone and the ironic crackle of Katharine Hepburn,...
Jinnah’s vision realized The Jinnah Society recently awarded Dr Ishrat Hussain and Dr Akhtar Hameed Khan (posthumous) with the ‘Jinnah Award’ to honour their accomplishments and services to the country. The ceremony was chaired by Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal and was attended by people from all walks of life....		Ways to ward off heat The hot summer days with the sun blazing down on one’s head can sap even the healthiest person’s energy. It is that time of the year when sweat trickles down the spine, foreheads glisten, throats are parched and tempers flare....
Dial ‘f’ for fashion The idea behind the fashion designers directory is to organise the scattered fashion industry in Pakistan which remains inaccessible for the consumers and the textile manufacturers...		A gathering of the Sheedi tribe Sheedi Mela is held every year in Manghopir to pay homage to Manghopir Baba. The annual six-day festival of Syed Sakhi Sultan Manghopir Baba starts on April 23 every year,...
PROFILE: Dr Haye Saeed – Voice in the wilderness Dr Haye Saeed, a pillar of Pakistani society, is a thorough professional, a celebrated chest specialist, and a much travelled person. He spent his youth fired by inspiration derived from a close proximity to Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, and served a term in jail as a student leader of the Pakistan Movement....		A law-breaking tribe We are strange people and like to call ourselves educated and civilised and take pride in being a nation with traditions and values. Come hail or wind we have to follow our traditions without thinking about the consequences and repercussions....
A tennis elbow Q: This spring, for the first time in my life, I started playing tennis and find I cannot get enough of it. My problem is my elbow....		Salinity problems Q: I have been trying to develop the backyard of my apartment for many years without much success. I have realised that the soil is heavily saline in patches. I have spent lots of money trying to rectify this problem but with no luck....
Eight days a week When a movie has to resort to showing an old man’s naked behind to elicit laughter then you know something’s gone wrong somewhere. Another danger sign is if you have scene with a wild animal biting a human and that’s supposed to be funny...		A haven for coffee junkies When friends get together on a leisurely Sunday evening, food and drink inevitably come into play. This time, among the many fine eateries on Karachi’s Zamzama Street, Costa Coffee with its...
Postmark This is in response to the article ‘Dowry alive and kicking’ by Shehar Bano Khan (April 27). I am from Pakistan and since the past year I have been living in Japan. Dowry has become a disease in our society....