March 2, 2006

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Help! I’m a smoker According to one survey, 40 per cent of Pakistani males and eight per cent of Pakistani females smoke on a regular basis. Judging by the many different surveys conducted over the...		Confessions of a chain smoker The intoxicating pull at the cigarette leads to suffocation and the joy that smoking initially provides is translated into slow death in time, writes Z. Z...
Smoking kills, well, not in Lahore The smokers’ world as well as their playing arena is shrinking by the day on a global basis. In New York you cannot even smoke anymore under an open sky in...		A passive smoker’s perspective As far back as I can remember, I''ve been a smoker. I used to smoke in the bus, in my bedroom, in the bathroom, even at school....
Car number-plate saga Driving home from work late one evening, I noticed a slight rattle coming from my car''s front number-plate. Being too tightly tied up at work, temporarily, I ignored the rattling which grew increasingly more insistent by the day....		A valiant visionary Simon Minty feels encouraged by the interest that Pakistanis show towards disability issues and says that discussions between corporations and disabled people will ensure that the latter group finds its rightful...
Sukkur — a splendid legacy To say that Sukkur is an ancient city is to state an obvious historical fact. Old Sukkur has no timeline as such. Around 711 AD, ...		Menace of maternal mortality Maternal mortality is an indicator of women’s status in any country. Pakistan’s rate is one of the highest, believed to be 360 to 600 deaths per 100,000 deliveries, writes Irfan...
Legalising prostitution David Batty’s article “Legalising prostitution” published in The Review, (Feb 2), about the suggestion recently floated by Fiona Godlee, Editor of the British Medical Journal, that prostitution be legalised, mentioned her convincing arguments pertaining to the present situation in the UK....		Revamping the old railway system The economy and population of Karachi are expanding rapidly, but few investments have been made in the city’s urban infrastructure, resulting in a grossly polluted urban environment and chaotic public transport...
Cancer screening Breast cancer screening helps in saving lives, reports Sarah Boseley Breast cancer screening is saving around 1,400 lives a year in the UK, according to a report published recently...		The garden and I I love gardens but not gardening. To my husband, an avid gardener, this is a puzzle — he just cannot understand it. He tells me, time and again, “It makes no sense at all.”...
Excessive sweating QI am a 52-year-old male who, for the past year, has had profuse sweating from the neck up. My pillow is drenched at night. I am told I will just have to live with it....		All in a name This week Zahrah Nasir gives tips on growing ginger and garlic in clay pots, What is the plant that is known to our local gardeners as thkh-malanga in Urdu? I remember that back in Pakistan we used to have sherbet with it along with faluda....
Eight Days a Week Sanjay Gupta’s known for directing slick-looking remakes of Hollywood thrillers. Kaante was basically Reservoir Dogs with a little bit of The Usual Suspects thrown in for good measure while...		Sweet tooth indulgence Jalebi Ingredients 1/2 kg sugar 2 cups water...