December 25, 2004
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Hi kids,
 Today is very special because Quaid-i-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah was born on this day 128 years ago. It’s also Christmas and so Merry Christmas to all our Christian readers. Do check...
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COVER STORY: From the dhoti to the shalwar
 The first half of this year girls in Lahore were wearing short kameezes and really slim shalwars. Just a few months ago, however, everyone started wearing the same short kameezes with...
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The Founder’s 128th birth anniversary
 Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah was born on December 25, 1876 at Vazeer Mansion, Karachi and was the first of seven children of Jinnahbhai, a prosperous merchant. After being taught at home,...
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So you want to be a Brand Manager
 Have you ever wondered why we prefer certain brands and feel sophisticated and classy while wearing one brand and not another? The answer to this question is strong marketing that has...
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Who’s been naughty and who’s been nice?
 Today is Christmas and all over the world, whether there is snow or not, people will be celebrating with Christmas trees, tinsel, candy, pudding and stockings full of gifts. It is...
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Green peace
 No hot summer feels complete without the colour green. But this green doesn’t mean you need a large lawn. You can even have indoor green as part of your decor. Keeping...
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You Gotta have friends
 A friend is a present you give to yourself, said Robert Louis Stevenson, who wrote Treasure Island. I can’t imagine what I would do without my friends. Can you?...
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STORY TIME: The very funny house
 One morning a new girl came to Jenny’s school. Jenny was in the middle of painting a picture when her teacher introduced her to Muneera. “She’s new to this school and...
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STORY TIME: A dishonest clerk
 Here’s the advance payment of Rs10,000, you will get the other half when you get those papers, the agent told Rehman. “But sir, Mr. Zaki has been very suspicious since last...
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STORY TIME: The two frogs
 I came home that day with a sullen face and a broken heart — I had not done so well in my math test and everyone else’s snide comments had...
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DEAR DIARY: A page from a loser’s diary
 I’m writing you after many days and I didn’t write because I had a problem. I wanted to write to you now after such a long time because I’ve lost my mind....
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Exercising at home
 We all would like to lose weight and get in shape with minimal effort. That’s how fitness infomercials on television make billions each year. They promise miraculous results without making you...
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WEEKLY UPDATE
LONDON: Christmas came early for fans of the fictional boy wizard Harry Potter on Tuesday, with news that author J.K. Rowling has finished the sixth book in the series, “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”....
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Strange news in 2004
KUALA LUMPUR: A 22-year-old Malaysian electronic engineer has claimed a national record for running backwards. S. Moganasundar ran backwards for 30 kilometres (18.75 miles)...
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POETS’ CORNER
A wonderful dream I was looking at the window, Then I saw a shadow. I followed the shadow. And I saw a beautiful rainbow....
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QUOTES
* Always forgive your enemies, nothing annoys them as much. Oscar Wilde * I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. Confucius...
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SUPER SIS
Dear super sis, I’m 18 years old and I’ve done my intermediate. I don’t believe in palmistry but it attracts me a lot. The problem is that a few days ago I saw a programme, Boltay Sitaray, on Geo....
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BOOK: The client
 “Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and few to be chewed and digested.” I am sure that after reading The Client by John Grisham, you would surely...
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MUSIC: Hilary duff
Teen star Hilary Duff recently released her second album on her 17th birthday. The pop-singer’s self-titled album is just as good if not surpasses her first one, ‘Metamorphosis’. The first album...
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WEBSITES: Story hunting
For those of you who are still not sold on the idea of buying books to read, perhaps you would like to browse the Internet where there are plenty of stories...
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