By S.A.J. Shirazi
Violent crimes have been at historic up nationwide; they are rising sharply in all cities. The rise seems to have been set off by something more bewildering.
Imagine Lahore only ten years ago: It was a different city; socially cohesive, closely knit. Young children could go visiting neighbors or to nearby shopping centers to [...]

Babar Bhatti
Growth of Pakistan telecom industry took a hit in recent months because of economy and regulation of SIMs. Even though the number of new subscribers slowed down and the revenues per user remained low, Pakistan telecom industry has shifted to a whole new set of services which provide value and convenience in ways [...]

Adil Najam
Following our tradition from last year, and despite the rather spotty record, we once again ask our readers to predict what might have transpired between now and when the last day of 2010 rolls around. We give here a bunch of possibilities, which of these - multiple answers are OK - do you think [...]

Adil Najam
Around this time last year we had two ATP Polls to ponder on what 2009 had in store for Pakistan.
The first poll asked readers to identify the events from 2008 that they believed would have the greatest impact on Pakistan’s 2009. The second poll asked them to identify the predictions for 2009 that were [...]

Adil Najam
I urge you to watch this clip. Watch it in full; its only 7 minutes long. Watch it to the end please - don’t skip to the end, even if you feel it is dragging. If you have not seen it already, you will surely be surprised; and moved.

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Muhammad Rizwan
The advent of winter season in Pakistan invariably brings the spate of marriage ceremonies along. It provides a little respite to the people from sweltering heat that entices them to put their wedding occasions mostly in time slot that begins from the start of winter season till it ends.

The winter season has very much [...]