Ardeshir Cowasjee

De facto versus de jure - 2

iv id= Published 28 Mar, 2010 12:00am

De facto versus de jure

iv id= The other day I had a conversation with a man less than half my age, a well-educated democratic Pakistani, ... Published 21 Mar, 2010 12:00am

Adrift in a sea of pollution

iv id= Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Chaudhry, sitting this past week on the Karachi bench of the Supreme... Published 14 Mar, 2010 12:00am

The next Haiti? — II

iv id= IN response to my first column under this title came a message from a reader at the UN in New York. The... Published 07 Mar, 2010 12:00am

The next Haiti?

iv id= GOOD news — “...the first duty of a government is to maintain law and order”. (Mohammad Ali Jinnah, Aug 11,... Published 21 Feb, 2010 12:00am

Environmental `strategic depth`

iv id= Published 14 Feb, 2010 12:00am

Going somewhere, or nowhere? — II

iv id= We have pathetically little to laugh at, under the thumb as we are of a national mindset which largely sees... Published 07 Feb, 2010 12:00am

Going somewhere, or nowhere?

iv id= Day in, day out, week after week, since this wonky and dysfunctional government has been with us we read that... Published 31 Jan, 2010 12:00am

Putting out a fire with gasoline — II

iv id= Last week`s column on the subject of Karachi`s transport, traffic and flyovers generated many responses, most... Published 24 Jan, 2010 12:00am

Putting out a fire with gasoline

iv id= None can deny that one of the most critical issues in the exploding city of Karachi (or Lahore or Rawalpindi)... Published 17 Jan, 2010 12:00am

Towards infamy

iv id= Prior to launching into the main subject, the yawning constitutional abyss, I thought it might be suitable,... Published 10 Jan, 2010 12:00am

A pathway to nowhere

iv id= KARACHI had an inauspicious start to Twenty Ten. Shutters were firmly down on new year`s day all over town,... Published 03 Jan, 2010 12:00am

`Author of its own woes...`

iv id= Published 27 Dec, 2009 12:00am

`Good name in man and woman...`

iv id= Published 20 Dec, 2009 12:00am

Our haunting demons

iv id= This title is taken from a Dec 5 New York Times column by Sabrina Tavernise discussing the national state of... Published 13 Dec, 2009 12:00am

He hears and heeds the trees

iv id= The planet we live on is insignificant in the universal scheme, and parts of it will always be ruled over... Published 06 Dec, 2009 12:00am

The venality in our midst

iv id= SO, the famed prosthodontic smile emerged from its plush Islamabad dugout and took itself off to... Published 22 Nov, 2009 12:00am

Death of a social activist

iv id= THE desecration of Gutter Baghicha, a designated parkland for the people of Karachi, has been written about... Published 15 Nov, 2009 12:00am

`Bring back Jinnah`s Pakistan` - 2

iv id= Published 08 Nov, 2009 12:00am

`Bring back Jinnah`s Pakistan`

iv id= Published 01 Nov, 2009 12:00am