A positive personality
Discover the personality traits which make some people magnetic and others repulsive
Book review: Guinness World Records 2020
Reading books may not be a trend anymore, but there is one book that keeps the trend alive, especially before ...
Cook-it-yourself: Microwave mug coffee cake
The chill of winter can only be beaten by something warm, preferably coffee.
Story Time: A wild experiment
Meet me, the destructive scientist Minal. I am about to tell you what must be my hundredth destruction. I do not ...
Website review: Spot the sharks!
We have been reviewing educational, fun and entertaining websites a long time now, but today we are going to spot ...
Uncle PJ Calling: Priorities for kids
Obeying parents and respecting elders is as important for children as the tried and tested formula of ‘study, work...
From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1944: Seventy-five years ago: A disappointed man
LONDON: There is considerable sympathy here among members of all political parties with Mr. Gandhi in his decision ...
From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1969: Fifty Years Ago: Struggle continues: Mujib
DACCA: The Awami League chief Sheikh Mujibur Rahman has declared that the struggle for the realisation of his...
Test for parliament
Picking an ECP chairman and two commission members requires negotiating skills of the highest order.
Digital Pakistan
DIGITAL technology is reshaping the world rapidly. It is transforming everything — from the way governments and...
Curbing measles
THE damaging effects of the anti-vaxxing community’s propaganda are being felt around the world as WHO has raised...
Imran Khan is winning
APROPOS the article ‘Is Imran wining?’ (Nov 19). The writer has tried to explain Imran Khan’s political stance...
Contempt of court
THE subject contempt of court, as is generally perceived, deals with three issues: (i) refusing to execute an order...
Blame game
THE ‘mantra’ for 2019 was that all national key stakeholders are on the same page. However, the events that have...
Political vision
WHAT is the government’s strategy to handle the frail economy? What are our plans to create 10 million jobs? How...
Recycling water
I REGULARLY get my car washed at an oil marketing company station near my residence. Chatting up with the car wash...
Black Friday
I WAS shocked to see a number of Pakistani companies offering huge discounts on the eve of Black Friday (Nov 29),...
KU admission
A FEW weeks ago, I applied to the Karachi University to major in animation. After going through the test and...
Divorce in plays
THIS refers to our TV dramas which frequently show divorces. Indeed, religiously and socially, it is the last option...
Debacle in Australia
AFTER being whitewashed by Australia in ODI and T20 series, the Pakistan team was handed another clean sweep by the...
‘Salam in China’
THERE is a factual mistake in an otherwise brilliant article, ‘Abdul Salam and China’, by Pervez Hoodbhoy (Nov...
Steel Mills staff
THE government is neither privatising Pakistan Steel Mills nor providing enough financial assistance to stabilise ...
Sukkur hospital
IN Pakistan anyone can set up a maternity home, clinic or a hospital as a lucrative business without being assessed...
A changing world
As the nature of warfare changes, so does the nature of diplomacy.
Raids on press
Some safeguard for privacy must be woven into the law.
Ministry of Magic
Behind this colourful spectacle of spells and illusions lies another land hidden in the shadows of gloom.
‘Point of no return’
Pakistan’s ability to cope with climate-induced threats has further weakened in recent years.
KP government to move Supreme Court against FIA bus project probe
Appeal to be filed against PHC order next week.
Support sought to boost honey export
PESHAWAR: The business community here has demanded of the government to give facilities to beekeepers so as to...