Articles with tag: city
Karachi Monsoon
Shiraz Mahmood Jul 29, 2008The rains are now bound to start where it’s almost non-stop. Half the roads are dug up. The drains are not complete. And the energy problem is only going to increase.
Edward De Bono's Point C: Situtation in Pakistan
Faysal Malik Jul 8, 2008 interacts: 10Capital of a nuclear power now plunges into darkness daily, for 5 to 6 hours. In small cities, this duration is 11 to 16 hours. With hottest months of the year still to come.
The Unbearable Lightness of Seeing
Wajahat Malik Jul 1, 2008 interacts: 11Lately his wife seems to be depressed and irritated when he comes home in the evening. The children look cold and withdrawn. Sohail Khan himself feels a shift in his moods.
Harold and Kumar Escape From Gitmo
Ras Siddiqui Apr 24, 2008 interacts: 34This time the duo attempts to explain the difference between a Bong and a Bomb aboard an airplane to Amsterdam in a post 9/11 environment.
The Melting Pot
Ejaz Haroon Oct 3, 2007 interacts: 108We weren’t surprised when we went to the reception and the guests sitting next to us asked us if the groom was Muslim or not.
Why Doxiadis Cries for Islamabad
Q Isa Daudpota Aug 8, 2007 interacts: 7A planned capital sinks through the neglect of its basic infrastructure at the cost of new wasteful projects
Smile, for the camera?
Tan Sar Jul 19, 2007 interacts: 4One day, years later when the event itself is forgotten and the photo somehow emerges, they will laugh at what they believe to be a real moment.
Our Tolerance of Comical Illusions
Faris Kasim Apr 5, 2007 interacts: 7The only superpower in the world claims that it is fulfilling its majority’s wishes but does exactly the opposite. A third-world plutocratic state wishes to better its citizens living standard by investing in a policy that benefits only a privileged
Marine Drive Makeover
Vidyadhar Date Apr 2, 2007 interacts: 3Marine Drive is Mumbai’s best known landmark. It has its own natural beauty. That is why there is need to pause and ask whether it is necessary to spend crores of rupees to dress it up further.
What is it going to take to have a Clean Bombay?
Ajay Kamalakaran Mar 6, 2007 interacts: 94If we are to ever look civilized in the eyes of the world, it has to start with ensuring that our major cities are clean.
Karachi: The Descent Into Alienation
Xari Jalil Mar 6, 2007 interacts: 26Surprisingly as many would think, the people of Karachi have not shown themselves to be suffering from mass paranoia, even after this newest series of suicide bombings in the past few years.
Electric Dreams?
Mariam Zaidi Oct 4, 2006 interacts: 25A country in darkness - the escalating electricity problems of Pakistan
Is the economic turnaround worth it?
Asad A Shah Jul 17, 2006 interacts: 6Is it fiction? I wish it to be, but it is not. It is story of my home, of many other people. But it is definitely not a story of Pervez Musharraf or Shoukat Aziz’s home. Had it been the case, there wouldn’t have been any such story.
Gods of War
Irfan HAMID Jun 5, 2006 interacts: 181With atrocity upon atrocity piling up in the US war against terror, one has to wonder if the world’s most self-righteous nation will ever have the courage to be morally righteous or not.
Fleshened Bones
Farzana Versey Aug 8, 2005 interacts: 34It was always love for me. Let me hold you in my arms, Sister, mother, fellow bitch, I won’t applaud you for your spirit
The Long Shadows of Hindu Kush
Nazar Khan May 4, 2005 interacts: 89What is finally left behind is a mosaic of different ethnicities - Pashtuns, Tajiks, Hazaras, Uzbeks, Turkmen, Baluch and Punjabi speaking Sikhs and Hindus and the mixing of some Arab and Mongol blood.
More on the Price of Love
Beena Sarwar Feb 10, 2005 interacts: 13They hailed from different ethnic communities, lived in different cities, and their family backgrounds were entirely different. But they met, became friends, and wanted to marry.
The world of the Wise Lord
Nazar Khan Feb 8, 2005 interacts: 169The other ancient philosophy emanated from Zoroastrianism which explained that a man’s life is a struggle between the good and the evil. Its monotheistic concept included a satan, a messiah, death, resurrection, day of judgment, heaven and hell.
Refugee for Life?
Syed Ali Aug 17, 2004 interacts: 84In any case, no failure will stop me to state that I am not a Muhajir or a refugee. This is my land as much as any one else born on it.
Pakistan under its Ethnic Shadows
Godot Nov 17, 2003 interacts: 151Unless one can sufficiently and satisfactorily answer the question “What does Pakistan mean (Pakistan ka mutlab kya)” in the affirmation of a nationhood, the desirability of a “Pakistan” as a viable entity will remain questionable
The Karachi Airport Ayatollah
Haroon Moghul Sep 3, 2003 interacts: 35Pakistan will somehow and eventually explode the Earth
Travels through America - Deep Thoughts
Nazar Khan Mar 5, 2003 interacts: 44Finally, it was one sight that took my heart and left a lasting impression on me of the beauty and simple innocence of a human being...
Truth Hurts
Hira Nabi Sep 18, 2002 interacts: 80Ironic. Our indigenous culture is now being imported.
