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Photo: Getty Images Photo: Getty Images Whether it’s in a fancy, centrally air-conditioned office in the bustling metropolitan city of Lahore, or in the sugarcane fields of interior Sindh, Pakistani women have been the subject of harassment – both mental and physical – at the workplace for decades. It’s not that this happens only in Pakistan. I’m sure many a lord was enthralled by the sight of a maid’s petticoats in the ...
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I passed another one of those rites this morning: I now have a Maryland driving license. Whee. (I have had a Turkish driver's license since 1998. It's written in two languages, so technically it's valid here along with your passport, or something, and it's definitely valid for the first three months in the country, or something, I don't know, the laws change every fortnight and I am very sure it would make cops very flustered and sad ...
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