Disgusting!

Posted on November 6, 2006
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Adil Najam Following up on our earlier post on Dengue Fever in Pakistan, maybe I was wrong about the extent of public health awareness after all. There is very little that I can add to the facts included in the caption of this photograph in the Dawn today (7 November, 2006): “The sewage and all […]

Underage driving: A crime

Posted on November 1, 2006
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Bilal Zuberi How many of us can say we don’t know anybody who drives underage in Pakistan? Chances are that many of us would know of cousins, relatives and friends (maybe even ourselves) who have driven a car or a motorcycle in Pakistan while being under the legal driving age, and without holding a government […]

Halloween in Pakistan

Posted on October 31, 2006
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Guest Post by S A J Shirazi Halloween is celebrated on the night of October 31, most notably by children dressing in costumes and going door-to-door collecting sweets. Halloween originated among the Celts in Ireland, Britain and France as the Pagan Celtic harvest festival, Samhain and now it has become a part of American pop […]

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