Thursday, May, 23, 2013
TODAY'S PAPER
Incompetent sniffer dogs
SNIFFER dogs are in many cases used to detect crimes like theft and defiance goods. Do they really help in…
Beheadings in Saudi Arabia
THE recent beheadings in Saudi Arabia of a young Sri Lankan Muslim woman and a…
‘Islamabad Long March Declaration’
AT long last the nation has heaved a sigh of relief that the ‘Declaration’ has been signed. This will particularly…
Of parliament and parliamentarians
RECENT efforts to focus on electoral reforms encourage one to contemplate on the role and performance of our law-makers, and…
Universities: environmental performance
IN Pakistan, universities have no practice of creating building structures that aim at reducing energy consumption, increasing the use of…
Do we need fast track courts?
A FAST-track court has been set up to try the five adults accused in New Delhi’s gang-rape case which rocked…
Cruelty to animals
LITTLE donkeys are used to pull carts full of heavy loads, which is absolutely cruel. Their owners sit on the…
Neglected Swat-Kohistan
SWAT-Kohistan (not the Indus-Kohistan in the Karakoram) is the upper mountainous valley in Swat district at a distance of about…
Anti-Qadri unity
THIS refers to the front formed by the political parties against Dr Tahirul Qadri’s demands. I wish they had expressed…
Respect for senior citizens
IT is a part of our culture to pay respect to and take care of our elders at home. We…
