By Zofeen Ibrahim KARACHI: With Pakistan’s last major stands of deodar (cedar) threatened by a ‘timber mafia’, the local people in the Chitral are resorting to direct action to stop the denudation of their picturesque alpine homeland. Since April, the community in Ayun town has been running a determined campaign to intercept trucks carrying cedar […]
By I. A. Rehman THE latest round of India-Pakistan ministerial-level parleys reminds one of the element of niggardliness in the subcontinent’s culture that has given currency to quite a few sayings about the reluctant offerings of goat milk. Given the state of relations between the two subcontinental neighbours, their foreign ministers did try to make
Minority groups from various countries have represented their national sides throughout history. Ever since the gentleman’s game was born, minorities from an array of backgrounds have striven hard to play the game for their respective countries. There have been instances when the black majority of South Africa for example, were unable to hold the willow
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View Larger Map Islam forbids suicide. In Islam, escape from life is not solution to any problem. Quran says: \”And do not kill yourself (nor kill one another). Surely, Allah is the most merciful…..\”( An-Nisa 4-29). During the life time of holy prophet, he refused to attend the funeral prayer of a man who had
By Nasira Jabeen It is said that when someone sees the same people each day, they are started to be taken for granted. And because we are consciously or sub consciously aware of this saying our behavior seems like so to us and to them as well. But in reality these people become a
