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Zia Ul Islam ZuberiBusiness Recorder |
These are frightening figures The estimated child abuse in Pakistan is more than 12 per day, in which out of total reported cases of child abuse 2,325...
Unexpected rainfall in April in Karachi. Actually, totally unexpected weather not only in Karachi but in the entire country and specially in the...
This year in Karachi the sanctity of the holy month of Ramazan and the festivities leading to the celebration of Eid were overshadowed by the sharp...
Eid is just around the corner. There is the usual complaining about rising prices and the shop-keepers taking undue advantage of the sudden surge in...
At last count there were a total of 2,717 shrines in India while in Pakistan that figure was 3400. These are the well-known ones otherwise the figure...
Not many people know that in the early days of Pakistan when the lion roared in the Karachi Zoo the roar could be heard as far away in what was at...
In western countries it is quite normal for people to visit a psychiatrist. The topic itself creates images of a comfortable sofa popularly known as...
Two more members of an airline from Pakistan slipped away in Toronto recently. This brings to eight such incidents in the past one year. It is not a...
Pakistan is among the most affected countries by climate change. The irony of the situation is that while the industrialised world reaps the benefits...
Karachi is home to two of the busiest ports of Pakistan, the Karachi Port and Port Qasim, it is also the largest city of Pakistan with a population of...
The holy month of Ramazan is just around the corner. It is a month of piety and sharing and gives the well-to-do a chance to share their good fortune...
It is election time in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Consider the inflationary trends in the country as, according to the Election Commission of...
The most heinous crime you can think of is kidnapping a child. With just one act, that for the kidnapper is nothing more than a step towards making...
For the people of Karachi it has been a little cold these past few days with even the sprinkling of few showers that made the weather a little more...
A level playing field is the buzzword these days. This is being used by all and sundry from the critics of the cricket pitches on which we lost some...
For people who travelled frequently it used to be customary for them to come back with beautiful and sometimes intricately carved what were known as...
A new year has dawned and the first few hours highlighted the fact that there is nothing new in this year also. In the days preceding the New Year...
Violent crimes are increasing in the city at an alarming rate. Every day newspaper readers are confronted with headlines of someone shot here or worse...
Elections are just round the corner. The famous English proverb says that “There is many a slip between the cup and the lip” but in this case all...
A search to discover the largest film industries in the world turned up rather surprising results. I was under the impression that Hollywood would be...
As winter sets in and major cities in the country are engulfed with fog and smog with related diseases figures sky rocketing it is the first time in...
Many years ago when I was working for a big international chemicals company we had an important visit from the head office with some top officials...
When discussing investments for economic progress, some major industry players often receive well-deserved recognition. The power sector, however,...
I am amused at this advert which appears frequently on TV channels during the ongoing World Cup. It is a bunch of young men and women who are...
I wonder how many people remember the invasion of locust hordes in Karachi in the sixties. I witnessed many of their invasions. It was mostly in...
Has anyone noticed that we the Karachiites missed the monsoon this year? Yes there were few occasions when in different parts of the city there were...
It is a story that will keep you glued to your TV sets once you have viewed a few episodes. This is the story of Pablo Escobar the notorious drug lord...
Cricket has a long history. According to the ICC website, the first we hear of it is in 1611 and it was then described as “Boys Sport”. The game...
Right in front of the once roaring sea at Clifton beach, now pushed back to make way for dying palm trees which do not seem suited to the environment...
There are a lot of suggestions on how to eradicate poverty and help the underprivileged survive in these days of rapid inflation and rising poverty. ...
In the coastal city of Derna, Libya, more than ten thousand people have perished as a hurricane intensity storm Daniel struck the area in the early...
Economic recession has hit a number of countries in the world and this has led to an increase in immigration from the less privileged countries to the...