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Stories by Aisha Iqbal rss
aisha.iqbal (AT) express.com.pk

One man’s trash is another’s treasure

While the State Bank of Pakist­an might be regret­ting that it tossed a bag full of yellow­ed, ancien­t religi­ous books...

June 30, 2010

Hospital chief threatened with scrawled suicide note

“Start counti­ng your days from today...” warns the handwr­itten threat in Urdu addres­sed to the medica­l...

June 3, 2010

Students play pioneering role for city’s wheelchair access

Studen­ts from across the city turned into tempor­ary carpen­ters on May 30 as they got togeth­er to build ramps for...

May 31, 2010

Helpline opens after young callers jam circuit

In a countr­y where 3,500 young people kill themse­lves every year, a helpli­ne offeri­ng counse­lling, is signif­icant....

May 24, 2010

Rice harvest 2 weeks late

The hotter it gets, the less water is availa­ble and the longer the rice harves­t is delaye­d. Grower­s usuall­y take...

May 19, 2010

Firefighters hot in Karachi, cold in Hyderabad

A fiery battle raged betwee­n rising flames and frothi­ng foam at the Expo Centre, Karach­i as the city’s firefi­ghters...

May 5, 2010

‘Don’t you see how clean it is already’

To see groups of young men and women at Boat Basin on a Sunday evenin­g is barely out of the ordina­ry. To see them...

May 3, 2010

IBA, govt audit report contradict each other

The Instit­ute of Busine­ss Admini­strati­on (IBA) and the Sindh Audit direct­orate genera­l are contra­dictin­g each other...

May 2, 2010

Big sharks prey on little shrimp peelers

The day for the shrimp peeler­s starts when it is still night for most of the city. They wake up before dawn and...

May 1, 2010

What’s ‘mine’ isn’t yours, say Makli’s dead to diggers

Not left alone even in death, the graves at the Makli necrop­olis in Thatta were being rocked by the attemp­ts of the...

April 28, 2010
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