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Catch-22 : Licence to steal
KARACHI: ‘Listen, I have the original number plates for your car and if you want to get them back, you need to pay me Rs50,000 by Monday evening.’ If your number plates have been stolen, either in a...
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Ramazan 2014: Healthy fast food
Come Ramazan and household kitchens go into overdrive. Samosas and pakoras are downed by the dozens and ghee-soaked parathas are consumed to last us the day. The cravings from the day-long abstinence...
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Let the music play: Turn it down or risk hearing loss
KARACHI: If you listen to loud music through headphones or earphones for a few hours every day, then you are at a higher risk of hearing loss. “It’s not going to happen right away but maybe 10 or 20...
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Kohistan waits anxiously for rain as tube wells dry up
THANO BULA KHAN: The people of Kohistan have no water and with no rain in sight, there seems to be no respite for them from these drought-like conditions. Rain is the only source of water in...
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Education is a privilege that the people of Kohistan have never had
THANO BULA KHAN: Allah Dino has six daughters and two sons but none of them go to school. He believes that the ‘luxury’ of education is only for those who can afford it. “There is a school near my...
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Authorities still clueless about identity of 17 bodies
KARACHI: Muhammad Jameel’s visits to the graveyard comprise 17 stops. His younger brother, who died in the Baldia factory inferno, is one of the 17 victims whose indiscernible bodies were buried...
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Project Ara: #SelfBuilt
The ‘smartphone trend’ kickstarted in 1994 when IBM released Simon, the first ever commercial touchscreen personal digital assistant, followed by the release of the Nokia 9000 in 1996, the first of...
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London Fashion Week: Runway rundown
Whether you are a diehard fashionista or take yourself too seriously to care about what you put on, the colours and styles you eventually choose to wear are decided by a handful of people sitting in...
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Pakathon: An idea(l) marathon
New York University’s Kimmel Auditorium is usually reserved for award ceremonies, student performances and panel discussions. But on the last weekend of September, the sprawling space was littered...
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Human trafficking in Pakistan: Not for sale
Fourteen-year-old Kanwal Shah, a Pashtun girl living in the northwest region of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), was walking home from school one day when she was hit on the head by a couple of unknown men....
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Mobile applications: A test of ap(p)titude
With the global mobile applications (apps) market expected to be worth $25 billion by 2015 — according to a report published by MarketsandMarkets, a global market research and consulting company —...
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mHealth: Pocket healthcare
The ability of mobile phones to monitor basic human patterns using digital input from its user has allowed it to transform every aspect of human life. Given the mobile phone’s computing capacity and...
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Breastfeeding: As bottle feeding trend rises, so does infant mortality
ISLAMABAD: I don’t know what to do, as I am just giving him milk and not any other thing which could cause diarrhoea, said Rizwana Bibi, a resident of Chattar Park, Bhara Kahu. She had brought her...
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Positive Pakistani: Ali Jilani - a step in the right direction
Those who knew the shy Ali Jilani during his early school days could have never imagined that the 19-year-old would transform into the vivacious powerhouse he is today. Suffering from cerebral palsy —...
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Islamabad Traffic Police: Driven
Equality before the law and accountability for violating it are one of the founding principles of justice and a healthy democracy. In Pakistan we usually see neither. However, over the past year,...
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A tourist’s guide to Karachi
KARACHI: When planning a holiday, most tourists don’t think about Karachi twice. The weather, load-shedding and city’s violent reputation put most people off – a gang war in Lyari isn’t exactly...
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Technology: Wired pollution
Being constantly wired to the cell phone, laptop and Wi-Fi not only clutters the mind and affects one’s inter-personal relations but can also harm one’s health. The phenomenon of dirty electricity or...
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Online funeral service :Mourn your loved ones with your virtual presence
KARACHI: The Wadi-a-Hussain cemetery is all set to enable people across the world to attend the funeral of a loved one in Pakistan. All you need is an internet connection. Wadi-a-Hussain is situated...
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Recording crime: Karachi gets first cell for online FIR registration
KARACHI: The city’s first online FIR registration cell opened its door to residents on Friday. With this cell, the police hope more citizens will willingly register crime and will not have to put up...
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Karachi looking back: The highs and lows of 2014
The Experss Tribune takes a look back at all the highs and the lows that 2014 brought to Karachi. January 2, 2014 Eight members of three families in Niaz Mallah, a village five kilometres away from...
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