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Zia Ul Islam Zuberi

Elections 2024
Opinion

Elections 2024

It is election time in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Consider the inflationary trends in the country as,...
Published 10 Feb, 2024 05:48am
Child kidnapping
Opinion

Child kidnapping

The most heinous crime you can think of is kidnapping a child. With just one act, that for the kidnapper is nothing...
Published 03 Feb, 2024 05:46am
Facing weather changes
Opinion

Facing weather changes

For the people of Karachi it has been a little cold these past few days with even the sprinkling of few showers that...
Published 27 Jan, 2024 06:20am
Fast-changing times
Opinion

Fast-changing times

For people who travelled frequently it used to be customary for them to come back with beautiful and sometimes...
Published 13 Jan, 2024 05:38am
Flouting the law
Opinion

Flouting the law

A new year has dawned and the first few hours highlighted the fact that there is nothing new in this year also. In...
Updated 06 Jan, 2024 06:01am
Saving precious lives
Opinion

Saving precious lives

Violent crimes are increasing in the city at an alarming rate. Every day newspaper readers are confronted with...
Published 30 Dec, 2023 06:28am
The saga of elections
Opinion

The saga of elections

Elections are just round the corner. The famous English proverb says that “There is many a slip between the cup ...
Updated 23 Dec, 2023 07:07am
Those were the days
Opinion

Those were the days

A search to discover the largest film industries in the world turned up rather surprising results. I was under the...
Published 16 Dec, 2023 05:49am
Serious efforts at last!
Opinion

Serious efforts at last!

As winter sets in and major cities in the country are engulfed with fog and smog with related diseases figures sky...
Published 09 Dec, 2023 05:46am
Restoring the environment
Opinion

Restoring the environment

Many years ago when I was working for a big international chemicals company we had an important visit from the head...
Published 02 Dec, 2023 05:09am
Snacks and cricket
Opinion

Snacks and cricket

I am amused at this advert which appears frequently on TV channels during the ongoing World Cup. It is a bunch of...
Published 11 Nov, 2023 06:30am
A win-win situation
Opinion

A win-win situation

I wonder how many people remember the invasion of locust hordes in Karachi in the sixties. I witnessed many of their...
Updated 04 Nov, 2023 06:29am
Missing the monsoon
Opinion

Missing the monsoon

Has anyone noticed that we the Karachiites missed the monsoon this year? Yes there were few occasions when in...
Published 28 Oct, 2023 05:58am
A point to ponder
Opinion

A point to ponder

It is a story that will keep you glued to your TV sets once you have viewed a few episodes. This is the story of...
Published 21 Oct, 2023 06:05am
Golden moments of cricket
Opinion

Golden moments of cricket

Cricket has a long history. According to the ICC website, the first we hear of it is in 1611 and it was then...
Updated 14 Oct, 2023 06:09am
Junkyard of vehicles
Opinion

Junkyard of vehicles

Right in front of the once roaring sea at Clifton beach, now pushed back to make way for dying palm trees which do...
Updated 07 Oct, 2023 06:24am
Facilitate to educate
Opinion

Facilitate to educate

There are a lot of suggestions on how to eradicate poverty and help the underprivileged survive in these days of...
Updated 29 Sep, 2023 06:54am
Tragedies beyond boundaries
Opinion

Tragedies beyond boundaries

In the coastal city of Derna, Libya, more than ten thousand people have perished as a hurricane intensity storm...
Updated 23 Sep, 2023 06:34am