Another crash on April 21, 2012Sir: After two years of the crash of an Air Blue airplane in Islamabad, the nation is mourning the crash of Bhoja Air’s plane near Chaklala in Rawalpindi. I am without words to express the sorrow for those who lost their loved ones. Our news channels are so ‘brave’ as to show things like a […]
Selfless devotion on April 20, 2012 Sir: Salman Khan (not the Bollywood hero) is ranked fourth in Time magazine as the most influential person of 2012. This young man from Silicon Valley is providing free online lectures on Mathematics and Algebra to millions of children around the world. It all started when Khan began giving lectures on Mathematics to his […]
Criminal element in the KU on April 19, 2012 Sir: Pakistan’s second largest university, and known for producing acclaimed scholars, the Karachi University has become a hub of criminal activities. Political parties use students to square personal vendettas. The politicisation of the university is causing stress to students who are serious about their studies and future. Even the heavy contingent of Rangers deployed […]
Renewing the India-Pakistan peace process on April 18, 2012President Zardari’s private visit to India is the first time in the past decade that a meeting between Indian and Pakistani heads of state and government has ended without controversy, in good atmospherics. Part of the reason was tight programming and careful planning of public display. The visit was short and so was the meeting; […]