Cover-page of a Pakistani Newspaper

This is the standard print edition of an Urdu newspaper in Pakistan. It folds in the middle and the news-stories are spread around in the top and bottom-half of the paper in a spatially descending format according to their importance. The main headline is written in the centre of the top-half with an special calligraphic font and carries a larger font-size than other news as it is obvious. Normally, the main headline is not spread out from one end (starting from right) to the other end of the page unless, the paper wants to stress the fateful nature of the headline content. In that case, the main-headline border which is enveloping here: a very thickset font, gushing decorative hyphens and slanted symbols around the text, runs horizontally across the page (referred to as an eight-column headline) as it can be seen in the posted image. The main-headline reads (literal translation):

Emergency Imposed, Constitution Suspended, PCO* Arrived, Chief Justice Fired

*PCO: provisional constitution order enforced by the coup-maker to replace the constitution

Ted Goransson making a point on "Bara no soretsu"

But then the better parts of me just enjoy the experience, part of which is wonder why the Japanese make the best French films. I think there's a discussion in there about cultural assertiveness and military failure seen as societal spaghettithinking.

Film: Bara No Soretsu
Dir: Toshio Matsumoto
(currently unavailable at Netflix)

New Writer: James McCourt

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Book Description (Amazon Blurb)
Diva Mawrdew Czgowchwz (pronounced "Mardu Gorgeous") bursts like the most brilliant of comets onto the international opera scene, only to confront the deadly malice and black magic of her rivals. Outrageous and uproarious, flamboyant and serious as only the most perfect frivolity can be, James McCourt's entrancing send-up of the world of opera has been a cult classic for more than a quarter-century. This comic tribute to the love of art is a triumph of art and love by a contemporary American master.