Meatless days
MEAT is killing the planet, or so we are told. Well not meat per se, but rather the production of meat is increasingly being said to be untenable given dwindling…
Meatless days
In response to my recently-issued video message in support of marking an international meatless day (animal rights day) on November 25, many internet users asked so many questions. Due to…
Atlas bolted
THE key quality of a great storyteller is his or her ability to have the reader rooting for a character that the latter despises in real life. As an example,…
Italy’s Atlas fund struggles to stop sky falling on banks
Italy has dubbed its new bank bailout fund Atlas, after the mythical Greek titan, because it is meant to hold up the sky above the nation's lenders. But some of…
If The Beatles were denied a visa
“This is to inform you that due to the inability to acquire a visa, the qawwali programme by Fariduddin Aiyaz, Abu Muhammad and Bros. from Karachi, to be held on…
eGovernment: SECP’s eServices greatly help business entities
During most part of the last decade, the SECP enjoyed a very good reputation for innovative and productive use of information technology at national and international levels. The untiring efforts…
Chips are down for Atlantic City’s hard-luck Revel Casino
When the $2.4 billion Revel Casino opened its doors in 2012, the curvy blue-glass tower was hailed as the wave of the future for Atlantic City, New Jersey. But only…
