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Wedding planners: Cupid’s little helpers
Come summer and winter vacations, and Pakistan becomes home to numerable weddings daily. The responsibility of arranging a wedding is…
Most expensive weddings: ‘I do’ in style
Marriage may be a universal institution but every bride (and her mother) wants her wedding day to be absolutely unique…
Flashback: An elaborate affair
A wedding contract is supposed to be a solemn affair, but wedding proceedings themselves are never meant to be. Times…
World Population Day: Bursting at the seams
As the country’s political narrative continues to play out, lurching from one crisis-ridden episode to the next, the hoi polloi…
Ambitious goals
Millennium Development Goal 5 aims to improve maternal health by 2015, by reducing by three quarters the high incidence of…
Shaadi mubarak: The wedding saga
A wedding is an event anticipated for ages and planned for years. It may be just one big day but…
Grooming the groom
In the good old days, the grooming stakes at the time of weddings were blessedly one-sided. It was the bride…
Food for thought: The midnight feasts
For many people, the most important aspect of a wedding is the food served. In fact, few other than the…
A leaf from history: Reshuffle in the armed forces
Bhutto had a complex personality. He was honest and zestful. Thirty-three years after his death, people think of him as…
Advice: Rebel without a cause
Dear Auntie,
I am 16 years old. My best friend (let’s call her X) is dating a boy who is…
