Khalid Saleem

The last laugh!

I hasten to laugh at everything for the fear of being obliged to weep. One does not claim authorship of these words; since they were…

The world of entertainment!

THE world of entertainment is being held hostage. There is very little the man-in-the-street can do to escape its impact, except perhaps by bowing to…

Money and happiness

MONEY is the buzzword these days. People who have it in truck-loads are hankering for more; those that do not spend the better part of…

Of sartorial elegance

ONE of the minor joys of living in Islamabad is the welcome opportunity it affords one of enjoying long and pleasant walks early in the…

Mango diplomacy a la carte!

AS a nation, we are understandably proud of our mangoes. Pakistani mangoes, we believe, are nature’s gift to mankind. It hurts our collective ego, therefore,…

The survival ladder?

The world is full of mugs – of more varieties than one! One would allude at this time simply to the ones in which one…

What is sacrosanct about 90 days?

WHAT is it that attracts so much attention to the 90 day period in this Land of the Pure? Think of anything and you are…

Nature is always a step ahead!

THE ongoing potshots in the field of health should have served to bring home to mankind the truism that nature is always one step ahead.…

Care for a cuppa?

TEA companies appear to have geared up their campaigns of late to convert the already converted. There is this TV commercial — running ad nauseum…

Wither foreign policy wish list?

SEVERAL years back, one had taken the liberty to draw up a ‘foreign policy wish list’, in the fond hope that the government would be…

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