Erkut Onart's solo photography exhibition titled "Turkey: the land where climates, people and cultures meet" held at Grandeur Gallery, Karachi is a rare opportunity for Karachiites to witness people, architecture and landscapes of Turkey through the lens of Erkut Onart's camera.

Lepers, once so common among the horde of beggars, are hardly seen these days. It does not mean there are none in Karachi. But you think they exist only in the poor localities. In the economically better parts of the city people, especially young Karachiites, have never seen a leper's rotting flesh, eyes without lids, nose holes without nostrils, mouth without lips and hands with fingers dropping off. However, there is report that the horrible, unseeable sight of lepers may once again become common.

India's war mongering is taking new and quite ridiculous turns. Now we hear that the Indian State Disaster Response Force in a notice this week urged the Kashmiri people to build shelters and trenches and provide themselves with food for two weeks to prepare for a potential nuclear conflict in the disputed region after deadly border skirmishes on LOC between Indian and Pakistani troops that have been happening recently.