February 20, 2003

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Sleepless in Pakistan Amina (name changed) works six days a week as a maid for an upper-middle class family in Karachi. She’s 38, has five kids and, although married, is the breadwinner for her household....		The diary of a colony dweller, aged 13 Today was one of the best Eids I’ve ever had. All of us from class five of Al-Afzal school had gathered to go and distribute sweets to the children in Civil...
The harrowing journey home Pakistan as a nation is facing serious humiliation at the hands of the US immigration authorities. A definitive announcement by US Attorney General John Ashcroft has reduced the country to a position which India’s long-standing entreaties to the world were unable to achieve....		The week after Eid The savoring of a large variety of meat dishes on Eid-ul-Azha is common, although the charm and excitement seems to fade after a few days when everything returns to normal. This...
As easy as ABC It has helped groups as diverse as Vietnam veterans, psychiatric prisoners and sex offenders to deal with personal trauma. It has helped ease the symptoms in specific illnesses, such as asthma and rheumatoid arthritis....		Sons over daughters The girl child of Pakistan has a serious problem. For her, discrimination on the basis of her sex starts as soon as she starts life inside her mother’s womb....
Who is to blame? Pakistan’s best know artist, Sadequan, could in a self-evasive way describe himself as the “artist of the dustbin”. But do school teachers have the right to call academically backward children kachra (garbage)...		Age ain’t nothing but a number Marrying an older man is an accepted norm of our social structure, but a relationship between a younger man and older woman is almost unthinkable.....
Lungs and body don’t share same blood pressure Q: Within two years, I have gone from being an active, atheletic young woman to an old lady who can barely walk a block without huffing and puffing. I...		Dazzling Dahlias Around forty kinds of flowers can be found in Pakistan’s hilly areas. From Swat to China, grow the white and slightly pink rose. Some 3,000 years ago, horticulturists in China developed...
EIGHT DAYS A WEEK In Solaris, George Clooney plays Chris Kelvin, a psychiatrist mourning the death of his wife Rheya (Natascha McElhone)....		Pomegranate delights Chicken with pomegranate sauce Ingredients 21/2 chicken fryers 2 cups walnuts 4 tablespoons olive oil ...