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![]() Zia Ul Islam ZuberiBusiness Recorder |
For those of us who think and feel a shadow was cast over Eid celebrations this year. Tragedy after tragedy struck the nation resulting in precious...
How many of us have heard the expression “Go fly a kite”. Usually, it means go away and stop bothering me. A simple sentence with an ancient...
Fatalities in traffic accidents in Karachi majority of them inflicted by heavy vehicles has even caught attention of PPP Chairman Bilawal...
Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only two countries that still have the polio virus. Pakistan in spite of multimillion-dollar campaigns featuring...
Every time you look up there is another tall building rising into the blue sky from the sea level in Clifton. At the same time the sea is also rising...
Ramazan is just around the corner and this year in Pakistan we will also be having some World Cup cricket matches during this holy month, which is a...
Working in a Canadian company in Ottawa, Canada, in the early seventies I was so eager to see snowfall. Having grown up in Karachi and never having...
The first five days of this month forced me to return to a topic on which I have written several times. The reason is that things are now becoming...
The growing menace of beggars at traffic lights was brought to the attention of courts the other day by a petition filed by one Sumaira Mohammadi and...
The world is changing at a dizzying pace. This change has now got fresh stimulus with the election of Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United...
Death on the high seas or on the streets of Karachi continues unabated and without any serious attempt by any quarter to put the brakes on these...
It was in 1794 that one William Blake, a poet of his time, wrote that famous poem, equating the shining eyes of a tiger in the wilderness to...
Karachi after Partition did not have the vertical inclination that dominates its landscape today. Residential societies were the first to claim land...
Fake news is the talk of the town these days. This form of communication is believed to have surfaced after the digital transformation of our...
It was in June just last year that 209 Pakistanis and 28 from Pakistan-administered Kashmir drowned off the Greek coast in the Mediterranean trying...
Deaths in traffic accidents have become such a serious matter that the Karachi police chief had to hold a press conference to sound the alert and...
Walking is such a blessing. You realize when, for one reason or the other, this God given gift is restricted or hindered due to some accident or...
Don’t have the exact date but print media first appearing in the form of newspaper dates back to the 17th century. Over the centuries that it has...
While working for a Swiss firm I had the opportunity to welcome several foreigners to Karachi and after taking care of company matters during the...
In an attempt to seek her opinion, I sent an article to a colleague and in return got a short message or should I say mini message just consisting...
In the early days of Pakistan, we did not have the luxury of Sui gas. I still remember my mother cooking on coals and wood which were burnt in iron...
A horrible accident took place around the Native Jetty Bridge the other day. A truck with containers was crossing the bridge when one of the...
It has been abnormally hot in the city of Karachi. The daytime temperatures have, at times, been above 40 degrees and the whole city is sizzling....
Do you know how many children are out of schools in Pakistan? In 2021 the number was 26.2 million, which reached 26 million in 2024, prompting the...
There is an alarming increase in the number of some species of animals that dominate the landscape in Karachi. This includes both the flying types...
Books that in days gone by had our undivided attention are now competing with many other competitors. There was a time when we were overjoyed to...
Looks and feels like good news but then there is many a slip between the cup and the lip as the saying goes. We will now be able to get learners...
I wonder how many children in modern times have even seen a comic book. In my childhood comic books were the heartbeat of a majority of children....
Poverty is found in different shapes and sizes in the country. Not many families can eat meat even a few times in a month or for that matter enjoy...
There is startling data regarding snatching of motorcycles in the city of Karachi. According to Citizen Police Liaison Committee better known as...
Traffic accidents have been the most disturbing news in the past weeks. There was this unfortunate accident in which a young woman ran over a...
As climate change threatens the country there are also apprehensions about the negative effects it will have on farm produce in the country, which...
It was not too long ago that I had written about the unusual deaths by lightning strikes across the country. This unusual phenomenon has only...
American astronaut Neil Armstrong when he placed his foot on the surface of moon for the first time said “That is one small step for man, one giant...
Everyone seems to be complaining these days, whether you are in a wedding party or any other gathering for that matter, the talk always turns to...
Every day horrific stories of people dying in road accidents are increasing. Many of them are the most vulnerable motorcyclists. Zig zag and in and...
According to definitions of the responsibility and scope of work of household workers they may clean homes, plan and cook meals, do laundry,...
Nearly every household in Karachi has heard this person making the rounds, especially if you are living in apartment blocks situated in middle...