Darakhat Bachao, Lahore Bachao Re: # 7
So whats your solution buddy, stay stuck on traffic each and every day.

sure i agree, there are way too many cars on lahores roads, but you cant infringe on peoples right to spend thier wealth by buying transport vehicles. and you cant tell banks to stop schemes like car financing either. they have every right to thier profits. capitalism, live it or die trying not to.

what you can do, is accept the fact that high population growth and rural to urban migration induces cities to develop and development does deal with construction of infrastructure and transportation facilities which effect the oh so precious nature. its life, deal with it.

trees as you mentioned are precious and we need them, but they should be planted all over the country, not just in lahore. the real damage being done is in the northern areas where the cutting has lead to vast number of land slides and severe change in the landscape. not to mention how it effects the rain cycles and water loss.

so how can you really help, well one thing would be to stop making large wooden cottages up north, buying large wooden desks and tables and what not. the vast chunk of trees cut are not to build roads but to make those products. think about it.

btw, the main bouleward is MUCH MUCH better than it used to be

A Desi Dilemma reality check for us pakistani`s
i personally dont care what these people in the tribal ideas do or want, just as long as they keep to themselves....and i pray to good to give thier women strength and some sense to thier men

Darakhat Bachao, Lahore Bachao anyone who has travelled on the canal of late will most positively wish they would widen it.

lahore actually has some of the best roads i`ve seen anywhere in the world, esp in the more elite localities like defence, cantt, gulberg and the numerous housing societies. also considering how big a city it is, i think the `sharif`s` and the city admin have done a good job with lahore roads.

as for how wide the canal road should be, well adding one more lane and removing all encroachments, such as fruitwaalas and phoolwaalas to the already existing sidelane would most definitely do the job.

the only problem i see is the livelihoods of the fruit vendors etc getting hurt, the trees as precious as may be can be built elsewhere. btw didnt the CM say they would plant about 11-12 times the number of trees being cut down in different parts of the city.

but i do support the meetings and events of lahore bachao scheme....more information for which can be had from www.danka.com.pk

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a really cool site indeed.

In the Company of Women good luck, writer!

Demolishing the Circles of Dominance i am quite dissappointed by this article.

i do hope Mr Daudpota recognizes this article is....well hopefully not one his better ones.

How do you Define a Citizen’s Identity? ``Just because you have become a Jew from a Christian Arab ``

As far as i know, u cannot become a jew.
youre either born as one, or can forever sulk at wanting to be one.

do correct me if you think i am wrong

The Litmus Test i see the frustrations of living in an undemorcratic country showing in your words. quite uncompelling comments and boringly humorous. i hope writing is not your day job.

i totally agree with you on how the ruling elite in this country are having a rollicking time at the expense of 95% of the population

The Rooster thanks, i have a story to narrate to my nephews for bed time and its only 11 am

Fun and Fiasco in the Sky ive been using PIA in my travels from the US to Pakistan and back again for the past 5-6 years.

im sorry but ive had very good experiences every single time.
esp the direct flight from NY to LHR with a 2 hour stop in Manchester. and now from Chicago and Montreal as well.

a lot better than the zig zag routes some of the other airlines take.

the crux of the problems with PIA are the passengers, not the staff!

Control Room Documentary an Eye Opener! one of the main things that hit me about the documentary was how it showed that US forces bombed and destroyed an Al Jazeera office which was no where close to any targets.

as for al jazeera, its actually not as bad as i originally thought. after having read them for the past few months, ive seen that they dont just talk about american injustice but are also steadfastly against the saudi regime and ``SOME`` terrorist organizations

much better journalism than what the middle east has ever had

The Pakistani Fast Bowling Enigma wow...i have not seen a more factual and unbiased article on the PCB before.

amazing arguments and the statistics to go with it. well done!

Lament of a Disillusioned Citizen I liked what i read and i have many of the same opinions except
``The greatest tragedy of Pakistan and its people is perhaps simply`` that the ones who are capable and learned enough to ``rise up and scream your lungs out in protest. Scream and scream, individually, collectively, until someone bloody hears you” are too busy screaming from 10,000 miles away.

For the screaming to be heard u ought to be a little bit closer to the action, otherwise you may as well, surf www.pass-the-time.com and enjoy your coffee.

In summary, good article but we already have plenty of cribbers, we need doers….which one are you?

My Summer of ’69 fact or fiction.....it had me shell shocked and reading till the very end.

good work!

War of the Sexes pardon me for my earlier response, i got a little carried away, perhaps.

but a really neat article. though it may need some more evidential proof regarding the `blissful` condition of women in the pre industrial era. but it does raise valid arguments for the dominant-submissive roles among humans.

good writing style. when are we going to see some of your other works?

Kalabagh Dam the title of this article should have been.....``All that is wrong with Musharraf``....

if you want to discuss the KBD, it would be good to do a bit of research. To start...read ``Algebra of Infinite Justice by Arundhati Roy.

Thin as a Pin i believe there are three kinds of marriages

1) `love marriage` or what most of us consider regular marriage
2) `forced marriage` where parents/elders of the female/male decide without consent of the bride/groom who they will marry
3) `lovely arranged marriage` where parents/elders suggest possible suitors for the bride/groom, they meet each other on several occasions, decide if they are a match for each other, and if things go well, decide to marry each other.

#3 is one of the more prevailant systems of marriages at least in the `educated` class.

i`ve already lost one true love of my life, and i doubt im gonna find #1 again, so id take #3 option!