The dying habit of book reading on October 21, 2017Renowned columnist Ayaz Amir once observed that the only book he managed to trace in the palatial house of ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif was a telephone directory. No one used to read anything in the former premier’s family. Books and industrialists never mix. On the other hand, 70 Clifton, house of our two deceased […]
Oslo discourages private transport, ensures tap water is safe on October 5, 2017The first thing a Pakistani, observes after landing at Oslo’s airport is that it is an under-populated country. It gives a deserted look to a South Asian going there for the first time. I joked with my cousin that is there a curfew imposed in Norway? I was told that population growth rate is extremely […]