October 16, 2003

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In need of nurses It is morning at a medical ward in the Civil Hospital, which is utterly chaotic: patients wait their turn to get the regular TPR (Temperature, Pulse and Respiration) check up. Their watchful glance is fixed on the overworked nurse...		Marriage, the new merger Do all you Sex and the City fans remember the episode where Carrie agrees to give a lecture to a bunch of single New York women on “how to find a man”? Now there’s a lot about the show that I find far fetched, maybe I’ve been...
From parliament to prison PPP leader Asif Ali Zardari is not hopeful about the longevity of the existing political set-up. He seems more concerned about the aftermath. “Lines have been drawn where civil society and political forces need to join hands to...		Security, the right way How safe and free are we as individuals seems to be the most often asked question around world. In times of great insecurity almost everywhere, the European Training Centre (ETC) and the International Summer...
One-woman crusader She is small in stature but a force of nature in and out of the courtroom. Shirin Ebadi is a one-woman human-rights machine, inspiring students through her law faculty lectures, forcing judges to acknowledge contradictions in Iran’s legal code...		Humble turnips The humble turnips whose botanical name is Brassica rapa, are believed to have originated in middle or east Asia, though they were also cultivated by the ancient Greeks and Romans....
In need of a fresh start I hereby convict and sentence the accused Zafran Bibi to stoning to death,” wrote Judge Anwar Ali Khan, “and that she be stoned to death at a public place.” The harm caused by the Hudood Ordinances was blatantly...		Prisoners of a holy war Babur sat in a lonely, desolate corner; his eyes, hazel brown, as his skin had once been, stared into the nothingness of dry, dusty, space. All around him were people, young men with whom he had chosen to die — the ultimate bond...
Attention-Deficit Disorder Can you tell me if the new medicine Strattera, for attention-deficit disorder, works for adults as well as children? What kind of side effects does it have? Is it a...		Silencing the truth The murder of Sindhi journalist Ameer Bux Brohi, 26, on October 3, has caused much alarm to the press community in Sindh and the rest of the country. It is eerie that this time last year, the sons of a powerful sardar from...
Eight days A week What A Girl Wants irritated me no end. I know that the movie’s supposed to be a harmless wish fulfillment fantasy in the tradition of Cinderella (complete with a step-mother and step-sister and grand balls) and there have been...		Chicken on the menu Baked chicken breasts Ingredients: 6 chicken breast halves 1cup cream 2 tbsp lemon juice...