TODAY’S PAPER | September 15, 2025 | EPAPER

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  • Top secret America - what went wrong?

    “Top Secret America” is so massive that much of it is ineffective at keeping America safe. One can’t help but scratch one’s head at how the world’s lone superpower could possibly be so stupid.

  • Pakistan is our salad bowl

    Will the traditions and cultures we hold close to our heart vanish? In a country like Pakistan the salad bowl theory makes perfect sense.

  • A cigarette a day, may kill your wife

    As a chest physician I frequently see cancers in the wives of smoking husband. Most non-smokers are unaware of the hazards of secondhand and third-hand smoke.

  • The rains that were

    If you are on Facebook when its raining outside instead of at a pakora stand maybe your status should say “I cannot spare a moment to live.”

  • One-wheeling: passport to death

    I was sitting outside a local tea shop with friends when a teenaged biker crashed on to the pavement in a pool of blood. He is one of many dare-devils who fail to realize how dangerous one-wheeling can be

  • Making money instead of music

    Half-hearted musicians seem more interested in making cash and having their picture splattered across magazines and on music channels than challenging themselves.

  • Welcome to Pornistan

    Fox News claims Pakistan may be the leading nation in "sexy" online searches. I have no objection on nationalist grounds. I find it offensive as a scientist.

  • Care for a smoke?

    Why does the state permit people to kill themselves slowly by smoking cigarettes but not in one go? It would appear that we have ‘pocket’ ideologies, changing for every scenario.

  • A few American brats you know

    If you place the typical Pakistani male at an American college, then he’ll be sure to fall into one or more of a few broad categories like the bad boy, late lateef and desi boy.

  • Media is not a monster

    When I tell people I worked on a political talk show they attack me!