A police bullet pierced right through the 10-year-old boy’s forehead, and flew out from the other end, near his neck. But Azharuddin walks to his school across the streets of Ahmedabad today, more than six years later, a little wobbly on his feet, his one hand bent permanently like a spastic, but coherent in his mind and ready to often smile. It is a resplendent miracle of love. To add further shine to the wonder, his mother Shakila Bano also survived a bullet that penetrated her chest, just inches away from her heart.

It is a pity that India’s robust smoke-free policies have been challenged by those with vested interests neglecting the immense and undisputed proven public health benefits of implementing such policies for people at-large.

By Naseem Jawed
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“Sometimes tragedy can lead to resurrection of hope and spirit” wrote late Benazir Bhutto in her book Whiter Pakistan: Dictatorship or Democracy? (page 34).

No surrender to the barrel of gun was the message the late Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto conveyed to his able daughter, Pinky, the late Benazir Bhutto. Theirs was the struggle against the establishment. Both raised voice for the down trodden people of Pakistan called Awam. Both Bhuttos bequeathed on the people awareness to their rights and the accompanied strength to demand the same: roti, kapra, aur makan..

RAWALPINDI : President Pervez Musharraf on Thursday said the moral development of students is the responsibility of teachers and they should ensure that the young generation understands and rejects corruption and nepotism.

JOHI: As Karachi sweltered in the summer’s heat, it was a cool night at Gorakh Hill in district Dadu, which is otherwise known for its cooking 40-degree plus temperatures.

Months after her aunt Benazir Bhutto was assassinated, Fatima Bhutto is fighting to reveal the truth surrounding the murder of her father in 1996 — and making some very dangerous enemies.

ISLAMABAD: Utterly distressed by the uninterrupted transmission of poliovirus in Sindh — a province for which she proposed extraordinary measures, increased accountability and redoubling of efforts to reach all eligible children — Minister for Health Sherry Rehman advised her team here on Monday to follow out-of-the-box solutions such as the ministry’s partnership with the National […]