Well, we seem to have dodged the deadly pandemic this year that most of us feared, but this threat could reappear at any time.

Now I trained in medicine in India, and after that I chose psychiatry as my specialty, much to the dismay of my mother and all my family members who kind of thought neurosurgery would be a more respectable option for their brilliant son.

To the dismay of some democratic forces, Bhutto stayed the course even after Musharraf imposed emergency rule on November 3 and removed the country s top judges to ensure his re election.