As often it happens, I found myself lost in an apparently ridiculous (maybe even meaningless) discussion with Farees: A person who has always impelled me to think beyond what I think. The discussion was on the colour, sorry shade of “Grey”. The fourth day of Eid, sitting in my room, with a few moments of solitude (no guests, no parties)… Read More »
wrapped in white bandages, is placed on a wooden desk before it is cut off and put into a white plastic bag.It is less than a week since ISIS militants carried out a similar punishment on a man in Mosul, Iraq. Cutting off the right hand as a punishment for theft is a strict interpretation of Sharia law,… Read More »
An accused thief has had his right hand cut off with a meat cleaver in the ISIS ‘capital’ of Raqqa as punishment for his crime.The photos, which all have identical captions in Arabic, say that it shows the ‘implementation of the punishment of a thief from Raqqa city’.Surrounded by up to 50 men and boys and held in… Read More »
What does the tomb behave.How to Avoid Heart Attack .When you’re at the supermarket looking at food labels, you may have noticed a new section on some Nutrition Facts panels: added sugar. By 2021, it’ll become mandatory for companies to list how much added sugar is in each product, and it’s enough to make you wonder: Is sugar… Read More »
How to Avoid Heart Attack .When you’re at the supermarket looking at food labels, you may have noticed a new section on some Nutrition Facts panels: added sugar. By 2021, it’ll become mandatory for companies to list how much added sugar is in each product, and it’s enough to make you wonder: Is sugar really so bad for… Read More »
Once upon a time there lived a king who always worries about everything: about what to wear, whether it will be sunny, whether there will be an attack on his kingdom, whether his subjects are happy or not. One day he becomes tired of worrying, and decides to do something about it. He tries many things, but realises… Read More »
A shop owner and his employee gunned down and another injured for resisting a robbery bid in New Karachi on Thursday.The incident took place in Sector 11-G within the precincts of the New Karachi Industrial Area police station. Following the incident, police and Rangers reached the site and collected the evidences. Police officials said three people were injured… Read More »
Love your blog. I was just going through some old posts and it made me think of a story to share.About a year after my husband (L) and I were married, a friend of L’s from college was getting married. His fiance had also gone to our college but was a few years behind us, so I knew… Read More »
Interchangeably termed late-breaking news and also known as a special report or special coverage or news flash, is a current issue that broadcasters feel warrants the interruption of scheduled programming and/or current news in order to report its details. Its use is also assigned to the most significant story of the moment or a story that is being covered live. It could be a story that is… Read More »
I found myself at the mall the other day, just doing a bit of window shopping,when I passed by a shoe store. In the window display there were shoes of every type and color. I began wondering who makes all these fashions?What dictates the styles that we wear? Shoes: we wear them daily and yet we know so little about… Read More »