August 14, 2004
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 It’s the 14th of August — the day we gained independence. Every year we celebrate this day with great zeal and fervour. But while celebrating we should not forget that we...
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COVER STORY: Many Happy Returns!
 Lying at the sandy beach munching away the remnants of the peppery corn and enjoying the frequent splash of the thunderous waves rolling my way I wished I could enjoy that...
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COVER STORY: Independence Day
Congratulations! Today is the 57th birthday of our country! A lot is being done to celebrate this day. The whole country is brightly lit up with green flags. Starting from ...
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Our dreams!
 We started the next millennium with great enthusiasm and determination. It has been fifty-seven years that Pakistan came into being. What did we lose and gain? This is an important question...
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Independence: let’s do our best to keep
 Yet another year has gone by and like every other year, this year too August 14, is being celebrated with the same zeal. Every citizen is extremely joyous on this important...
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Back to school
 “Hey Bhayyya, school opens next week.” Ruba cheerfully told her elder brother Moiz....
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The summer rains
 Monsoon (Arabic mauism,”season”) is a wind that changes direction with the change of seasons. The monsoon prevails mainly in the Indian Ocean. It blows from the southwest, generally from April to...
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Athens 2004 Olympics: The greatest show on earth
 “As in the daytime there is no star in the sky warmer and brighter than the sun, likewise there is no competition greater than the Olympic Games.” — Pindar, Greek lyric...
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Ancient Olympics
 According to historic records, the Ancient Olympic Games were held for the first time in 776BC as part of the festivities honouring the Olympian god Zeus. These had roots in the...
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Jehangir khan — the king of squash
 In Pakistan’s sporting history, there have been some very outstanding champions. Most of these, of course, have been in the world of squash. Let us look at the life and career...
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Internet as a travel guide of Pakistan
 Today we are celebrating Pakistan’s birthday. We all love our country and wish that people all around the world should be familiar with its treasure lands, beaches, mountains, civilization, its...
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Verbs, adjectives and adverbs
By now you know very well that a proper essay has an introduction, a body and a conclusion. You also know that an essay is divided into a number of paragraphs....
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Students to present cranes as thanks giving
 In response to the gracious gesture of presenting one thousand cranes by the Consul General of Japan to the City Nazim, Hina Ahmad and her sister Samia Ahmad have prepared fifty...
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STORY TIME: A journey towards independence
 Night was approaching and the shadow of darkness was spreading over a small house in Amritsar. Despite this, the Hussain family was busy, as usual, for the arrival of their bread...
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STORY TIME: A wise decision
 It was August 7 and the Independence Day was nearing. People residing in Aziz Society were well-known for adorning their homes and cars with flags, stickers, lights and other intricate items...
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POETS CORNER
Independence Day 14th August is Pakistan’s Independence Day That is why we have a holiday On this day we put flags...
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QUOTES
* Often God teaches us with the birth of anyone and sometimes there is a lesson in the death of someone. But it is righteous to say that there are signs in all of His acts for those who can understand. —Sufi Sagheer Ahmed....
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MAIL BOX
Our fault too! This is with reference to Najda Shaikh’s letter in YW July 24. I would like to say that just blaming the government about the increase of air pollution is wrong....
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SUPER SIS
Confidential to Confused Aquarian At times like these, it would have been easy for me to say ‘you’re too young for all this’, but I know it won’t be of any use. So let’s take this situation of yours from scratch....
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BOOK: Learning computers was never so easy
 With so much emphasis on use of computers in daily life, our teachers needed some good textbooks with which they could give their students some working knowledge of computers: what they...
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MOVIE: Princess mononoke
 Acclaiming reviews such as “Breathtaking” (-The Boston Globe), the adventure epic, Princess Mononoke is another in the series of masterpieces by the famous Japanese Animated film Director, Hayao Miyazaki....
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MUSIC: Rangeen
 Whenever you get bored of the Chano boys or the Billo mundas, you should make an effort to buy the latest album by Sajjad Ali because it offers something very different...
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