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                                                            What I saw in the Emergency RoomMeet the perverts: male patients who only come to the hospital to be checked up by a female doctor. 
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                                                            I've graduated! Now the hard partThe transition from student to grown-up is an excruciatingly painful one, be it getting a job or getting a rishta. 
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                                                            Do doctors have super-powers?Medical school may sap you of a social life but it comes with a few special powers! 
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                                                            Are you an SMS junkie?"Fraandhip" requests, constant forwards and back-and-forth texting. Are text messages taking over our lives? 
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                                                            Breast cancer myths: It’s not as rare as you think90,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer annually. Are we doing enough to raise awareness in Pakistan? 
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                                                            A six year old with an STDA little girl entered my clinic. She was diagnosed with genital herpes. Who could sink so low as to infect her? 
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                                                            9 reasons why I am not a Twilight fanTwilight may have girls swooning over strong, silent Edward and professions of true love. But I'm not buying the hype. The series insults intelligent women everywhere. 
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                                                            Life in a hostel: The hate listYou are young, free and away from your parents. Life at a boarding school must be perfect! Think again. There is a mean warden, bunkbeds and suspect cafteria food. 
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                                                            Returning to a Swat I can't rememberAs I head to Swat I can't bear to look at 'khooni chowk'. This is not the valley I remember. A bullet-ridden Swat is something my mind refuses to register. 
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                                                            8 questions you will be asked if you live in PeshawarAn introduction can be exasperating if you happen to live in Peshawar. Questions I am asked sometimes amuse me, and at other times make me wonder about how naïve some people can be. They include how come you speak Urdu, do you go out and are there Taliban in Peshawar? 
 
    











