A POLICE STATION remains open day and night. You can get a complaint registered with it, personally or by sending …

WHEN you want to get your luggage booked, ask the coolie to take it to the luggage clerk. See that it is well-pack…

WHEN YOU want to get a cheque cashed at a bank, sign it on its back and present it to the clerk at the counter. He…

DEPOSITING money in a bank is a very simple affair. Fill up the form meant for this purpose. Then hand it over to…

YOU CAN open a post-office savings bank account with Rs 200 only. Go to the nearest post office and ask the clerk …

WHEN you want to send a money-order telegraphically, get on ordinary money-order from from the post-office. Fill…

WHEN YOU want to get a letter registered, show I to the clerk in charge of registration at a post office. He will …

HOW I PASSED MY SUMMER VACATION OUR SCHOLL closed for six weeks on July 27. The at morning, I left for my home tow…

I HAD an unexpected treat on Sunday late. I was getting ready for going to the market, when my cousin came from Ra…

I PUT TOGETHER a few pieces of paper or cardboard or dry sticks. On the top of these, I place some thicker sticks;…

IF A FOOTBALL gets punctured, we cannot play with it, till the puncture is mended. This can best be done in the fo…

BEFORE TYING my turban, I make it smooth by removing the starch. Then I sand in front of a looking glass and hold …

MANY PEOPLE polish their shoes every day. But very few of them know how to do this job property. It is an art whi…

I WASH the kettle well, when I have to make tea. Then I fill three-fourths of it with fresh water and place it on …

MENDING a pencil is an art in itself. It adds to the beauty of a pencil, if one knows how to mend it properly. I h…

LIQAT ALI KHA was born in 1895 in a rich Nawab family at Karnal. He got his M.A. from Aligarh and went to Oxford t…

MUHAMMAD ALI JINNAH was born at Karachi on December 25, 1876. His father, poonja Jinnah, was a rich merchant of Gu…

ALLAMA IQBAL was born at Sialkot in 1773. He went to school at the age of five. He had completed his study of the …

SYED AHMAD KHAN was born in Deilhi in 1817. He came of a very noble family. His ancestors held high posts under th…

HAZRAT ‘ISA (Alaih-is-Salam) was a great prophet. He had no father and was called Rooh-ullah. His mother, Hazrat M…

HAZRAT MOOSA (Alaih-is-Salam) was born in Egypt in the reign of a pharaoh. He was very handsome. But his birth fil…

THE BANYAN TREE is found over the plains of Pakistan. It is very large and has a thick trunk. Its leaves are also …

THE SUGAR-CANE is a well known crop. It requires rich soil, and hot and moist climate. It is cultivated in many p…

THE MANGO is “the prince of all kinds of fruit”. It is very sweet and delicious. But some mangoes are also sour. I…