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Articles with tag: Indus

Sumera Jawad: The Excavated Linearity

Nadeem Alam   Nov 10, 2007   interacts: 1

Sumera, through her brush, tries to explore the true image of contemporary woman by exhuming the historical representation of the South Asian woman.

Hindus in J&K: Elated in minority

Abhishek Behl   Jun 3, 2007   interacts: 4

Hindus in Jammu and Kashmir, who have been at the receiving end of militancy in the state are elated over the proposal of the UPA government to bring about a law which will decide the status of minorities on the basis of state population.

Industrial Dieting: The Myth and the Madness

Saima Shah   Mar 28, 2007   interacts: 26

The idea of a quick fix has taken hold of the global psyche through massive advertising and we struggle to buy a box, a pill, a bottle, a program, a spray and a thing to solve our problem

Medicalising Pakistan

Zaheeruddin Babar   Jan 8, 2007   interacts: 21

A recent visit to Pakistan was the eye opening one. There was one pharmacy in my neighborhood a few years ago, but now the small street is sprawling with five pharmacies and all are doing “wonderful business”.

Modi’s Men and their Mean Machines

Farzana Versey   May 3, 2006   interacts: 204

Every illegal religious shrine ought to be demolished. Yet, I wish to know how a 200-year-old dargah of a Sufi saint qualifies as being ‘illegal’, is bulldozed and leads to mob violence. Gujarat is becoming an experimental lab for the Hindu Ra

Towards a more Sustainable Growth of Pakistan

Usama Siddiqui   Jun 16, 2005   interacts: 21

Focus on industrialization, for a country like Pakistan where the majority of the labor force is unskilled, raises the unemployment rate, results in a skewed distribution of income, and causes widespread environmental deterioration.

Drooling Oil

Zille Rehman Niazi   Jul 27, 2004   interacts: 2

Beyond the road yet snaking through the mountain and bone dry gorges stood an empowering turret shining in the morning sun with small ivy-white and money-green caravan cabins surrounding it.

Development of Steel Sector

Muhammad A Niazi   Aug 27, 2003   interacts: 4

the feasible steel-making projects based on Kalabagh and Nokkundi iron ores have been shelved, and the Pakistan Steel based on imported iron ore will be expanded

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