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A life without trash possible or not?
What if you could live without making any trash? Would you do it? Or more importantly, could you do it? Just a few months ago, a restaurant in Chicago made international headlines by going completely...
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Will the US leave us high and dry?
ISLAMABAD: The United States and its allies have finally wrapped up their long, deadly and costly mission in Afghanistan. While a debate is ongoing on how successful this mission was, the withdrawal...
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The Best BBQ
ISLAMABAD / PESHAWAR / LAHORE / KARACHI: Lahore Babli Sajji Dera Fish is mostly consumed here in winters. Barbeque the fish and you’ll have a culinary experience you will rave about for a long time....
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Pakistan’s female commandos: On the front line
As the clock strikes five on a cold winter morning in Islamabad, nearly 60 women jump to their feet. A slight chaos breaks out in the spacious, regimentally clean and usually organised dormitory, each...
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Gandamars, the mini-smugglers of Peshawar
PESHAWAR: At the busy Karkhano Market of Peshawar, over a dozen men dressed in filthy shalwar qameez are loading sealed cartons on their bicycle carriers. One by one, they paddle their bikes out of...
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Sexual reproductive health: Life lessons
“I was nine years old when I started sprouting. I was not made to wear a trainer. My khala (aunt) came to me and said ‘no one should know that you are growing up. I will teach you how to hide it.’”...
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Flawed policy: Cheaper wheat imports lead to hefty loss
ISLAMABAD: Flour millers in Sindh have caused a loss of millions of dollars by importing cheaper wheat despite surplus stocks in the country in the wake of a flawed policy of the federal government,...
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Polio: The other war
Last year, Pakistan hit a new low when it broke its own 14-year record with 202 reported polio cases, most of them from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P). This came as no surprise given the resistance towards...
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Cybercrimes: Pakistan lacks facilities to trace hackers
KARACHI: The number of Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) events topping 20 gigabits per second (Gbps) in the first half of 2014, were double than those in 2013 as more than 100 attacks at 100Gbps...
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Too much too soon: The Ideal school-starting age
Anum* is barely over her fourth birthday celebrations and her parents, Shumaila* and Adeel*, have already planned an overnight stay at one of Karachi’s most prestigious schools to secure her an...
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Healthy smile, healthy you: A guide to dental hygiene
It is often said that wearing a big smile is your best accessory. Not only is smiling an effortless and inexpensive way to transform your appearance, it is also an expression of joy from one person to...
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Internet access: The future is online
A 2011 United Nations report stated that access to the internet is a basic human right, and “should be a priority for all states”. In 2012, the UN Human Rights Council passed a motion that spoke of...
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‘Inzi pulled the rug from under our feet’
AUCKLAND: It was in Auckland’s Eden Park that Pakistan had achieved the impossible all those years ago against New Zealand in a historic semi-final in 1992. On Saturday, they once again snatched...
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Housing finance: Mortgage Refinance Co likely to be set up in 2 weeks
ISLAMABAD: The government is set to incorporate Pakistan Mortgage Refinance Company Limited in partnership with domestic and multilateral banks with a paid-up capital of Rs6 billion in a bid to push...
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The height of success
Ever since he was a teenager, Adeel Hamid* has been the centre of everyone’s attention. Over six feet tall, with chocolate brown hair and a porcelain complexion, the 29-year-old banker was sure to turn...
View ArticleSix hair wash blunders you might be making
While washing hair may not seem like rocket science, there is (or at least, should be) much more to it than simply lathering on some shampoo and rinsing it off. A proper hair wash routine requires much...
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Uprooting terrorism: Counter-strike
Despite launching a military offensive, Operation Zarb-e-Azb, against various militant groups in North Waziristan on June 15, 2014, and increasing the defense budget to Rs700.2 billion for the...
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Muslim dating app: A faithful union
How do you make an app that reforms the ‘hook-up culture’ we’ve come to know and love into something halal, everlasting and ultimately something our parents would approve of? Thirty-year-old Shahzad...
View ArticleInequality of law: The traffic police’s fancy for ‘model roads’ in the red zone
KARACHI: The traffic police hold a penchant for what they call the ‘model roads’ in the South zone. Unsurprisingly, this becomes quite evident to anybody who lives in Karachi. The enforcement and...
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Right to vote
Cantonment elections 101 After nearly 17 years, the country is gearing up for elections in cantonment areas in all provinces. There are 42 cantonment boards across the country and eight of them are...
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