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Why insecure?

IN his memoirs, Foundations and Form, Mukhtar Husain writes about his first school experience: “In 1955, I started attending Mrs Corks’ Private...

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ASER’s verdict

WHEN Gen Charles Napier conquered Sindh in 1843, he sent a single-word message to his bosses in London. It read, “Peccavi”, a Latin word that...

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The true hero

PAKISTAN enjoys the dubious distinction of being the fifth most populous state in the world. But unlike the four countries that precede it in...

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Pakistan’s women

TODAY is March 8 — International Women’s Day, an occasion to revisit the women’s movement in Pakistan. Where do they stand 76 years after...

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War and peace

IN his well-researched and comprehensively documented book Pakistan’s Wars: An Alternative History, Dr Tariq Rahman pleads the case for peace. The...

23.02.2024 100

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Whither Karachi?

AS was expected, Karachi was at the centre of all speeches at the event organised by the Theosophical Society to celebrate the 134th birth anniversary...

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She knew best

WHY the hurry to leave? Why no farewells? Regrettably, we will never know. Farida Akbar, the best exponent of Dr Maria Montessori’s philosophy in...

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A pioneer

THE women’s movement in Pakistan has come a long way since its inception. It has assumed different forms and strategies during the course of its...

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Why the silence?

RECENTLY, at a history conference on academic freedom held at SZABIST, a session was devoted to analysing the culture of silence that has come to...

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Separation

TOMORROW is Dec 16. Not many in present-day Pakistan, where the majority was born after the country had lost its eastern wing, are aware of the...

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To read or not…

DO our children read books? In the absence of reliable statistics, one must turn to anecdotal evidence, which suggests that the book reading culture...

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Celebrating 100

BIRTHDAYS are heart-warming occasions for the newborn’s family. But when this child’s life journey spans over 100 years, the day becomes a...

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Growing millions

ONE of the major factors contributing to the environment crisis in Pakistan is the unbridled population growth rate. Environmentalists generally focus...

03.11.2023 100

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Reach the masses

RECENTLY, I attended the Urban Resource Centre’s Forum on the urban poor and land use management in Karachi. NED University’s Prof Noman Ahmed...

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Father of the Man

WHY are we what we are is the question. We were not so before and have emerged so over the years. The most likely reasons for our moral decline is the...

06.10.2023 100

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Going strong at 160

EARLIER this year, the St Joseph’s Convent School, Karachi, celebrated 160 years of its glorious existence. Those of us who had some kind of...

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Crow and the swan

IN his highly readable book Slaughtered Without A Knife, retired chief justice of Pakistan Jawwad S. Khawaja gives an account of his oath-taking...

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