Will shall keep the trouble at bay
Helpage India recently organised a seminar in New Delhi which dealt with the whys and hows of preparing a will. It is an issue which could do with more discussion, especially in 1999, the year of the senior citizen.

War of words
Ahmad Zafar Farooqi, Wing Commander (Rtd) PAF Karachi wrote to Dawn that ``the sacrifices made by the Mujahideen shall not go in vain, but the time chosen for inflicting damage on the Indian armed forces in Occupied Kashmir was a bit too early.

Gold and greed
According to legend, King Midas of Phrygia thought he had hit the jackpot when he was granted powers to turn everything he touched into gold.