Owais Mughal The famous Lyari Expressway project is now open. Atleast in half. The proposed project called for a 4-lane expressway on either side (2-ln each side) of Lyari river. The South bound corridor is now complete and it was inaugurated today (Feb 11, 2008). It is however, not open for general public yet, which […]

Adil Najam Yesterday, while passing through Chicago airport on my way to Tokyo, Japan, I found myself transfixed by a wall full of posters announcing that Chicago is an “Applicant City” for the 2016 Olympics. The airport was full of them but, frankly, the posters themselves are not remarkable. They became remarkable for me because […]

Owais Mughal This year PCB is experimenting with a brand new format of Pentagular Cup cricket tournament; and that is only provincial teams will take part in it. The tournament starts today. The captains for the participating teams in Pentagular Cup are: Shahid Afridi (Sindh), Shoaib Malik (Punjab), Younis Khan (NWFP), Shoaib Akhtar (Federal) and […]