Adil Najam Censorship is never a good idea. When mixed with over-zealousness it becomes dangerous. And when combined with technical incompetence, it becomes costly. This is what happened when the self-styled defenders of the nation’s morals, ideology and integrity began messing a little too much with things they should never have messed with in the […]

Internet Cafe and Software for the Blind

Posted on February 27, 2007
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Bilal Zuberi It was a few months ago that I read about the inauguration of the first internet cafe for the blind in Islamabad. I had wanted to write about it earlier but somehow skipped my mind, until the recent discussion on Islamabad allowed me to jog my memory a bit. I do want to […]

Battling the Smog, Fog and Haze in Lahore

Posted on January 28, 2007
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S.A.J. Shirazi Winter in sprawling Lahore spells horror for thousands of residents. Not because of cold but due to the phenomenon of smog, sometimes also called fog or haze (although smog is the most appropriate term for what we have in Lahore. Let your gaze roam over the cityscape while standing on top of the […]

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