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Articles with tag: public

The First Indian-American Governor in America

Ejaz Haroon   Oct 6, 2007   interacts: 15

Odds are that shortly after October 20th Louisiana, US will have the nation’s first-ever governor-elect of Indian descent.

Fatima Jinnah Park – Metaphor for Pakistan's Problems and their Solution

Q Isa Daudpota   Sep 7, 2007   interacts: 13

Capital Development Authority (CDA) has carved out a large corner (6000 sq yards) of the Fatima Jinnah Park for McDonald's at a ridiculously low rental

Education Reform: Signs of Hope

Pervez Hoodbhoy   Feb 12, 2007   interacts: 167

There is good news: the “White Paper” to “debate and finalize national education policy”, distributed in December 2006 by the Ministry of Education, though incomplete and flawed, is an enormous step forward.

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”.

The Tiresome Transport Travesty

Ali Pracha   Apr 22, 2005   interacts: 15

Music that blared through the cheap speakers. The side panels were covered in scrawls of ballpoint ink complete with email addresses and invitations to young girls to ‘plees contect’...

Open letter to an Indian Bureaucrat

Uma K   Apr 8, 2005   interacts: 3

Dear Ms. Basanti Roy, I read about the problem you are facing with the Salaam Balak Trust encroaching on the property of the Bal Bhawan in Mumbai.

Settling The Kalabagh Issues

Kamal Siddiqi   Nov 16, 2004   interacts: 5

The problem is not just of whether the Kalabagh dam is a feasible project. The absence of any meaningful debate on such a sensitive subject is worrisome.

Mein Aur Meri *STARLINE Aksar Yeh Batay Kurtay Hain Agar Tum Na Hoti…

Rubab Abbas   May 15, 2004   interacts: 8

The so-called road-killers, the public buses not only provide an “unsafe” means of travel but they rather generate a whole different and diverse set of occupations.

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