Saturday, October 23, 1999
Blackmail on wheels
In the standoff between the truckers and the government over the increase in diesel prices, the inevitable commodity price hikes will set public opinion veering in favour of the former.
The democratic dream remains
It's business as usual in Karachi. A democratically elected Prime Minister is in custody, paying for his ``sins'' in the eyes of the self-appointed guardians of the State.
World wide wisdom
It may not be time yet to consign those 32 leather-bound volumes to the antique mart, but the gilt-edged set of the Encyclopaedia Britannica will sit a trifle less pristinely on countless bookshelves in well-appointed libraries.
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