One of the perks of working in this department is that even the staff gets to go to foreign postings and best of all their immediate family specially the kids benifit. the kids are entitled to 100% subsidised education in american schools which makes a world of a difference. my superintendant for eg had better educated kids then most of his superiors with 2 studying in LUMS and NUST and one off to a scholarship in america.

keeping all that in mind I shouldnt have been surprised BUT was to hear this lady naib kasid (peon) rave for 5 minutes about how she had deferred 2 posting for europe and was being sent to beijing. Ah, the woes which haunt humans!