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Karachi’s double standards over land encroachment
Culture
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Books
Telling stories with buildings in Dhaka and Karachi
Literature
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Books
The violence and passion of Afzal Ahmed Syed
Annie Zaidi
Literature
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Books
New fiction in English on Karachi
Sarah Waheed
Arts
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Essay
Karachi’s new underground music scene draws inspiration from the city’s chaotic character
Ahmer Naqvi
Conflict
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Reportage
A personal history of a crime-fighter
HM Naqvi
Arts
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The Lede
A project at Karachi’s women’s prison offers inmates a chance to draw their daily lives
Sumati Panikkar
Conflict
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Commentary
Violence is a political tool in the city that never sleeps
Shaheryar Mirza
An excerpt from "Our Lady of Alice Bhatti"
Mohammed Hanif
Conflict
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Commentary
Serenading at a New York City dinner party, Junoon rocker Salman Ahmad’s call for social change in Pakistan is a reminder of mirrored atrocities in India
Amitava Kumar
Conflict
A journey into the world of Karachi’s neglected population of Afghan refugees
Fatima Bhutto
Media
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Essay
Neither the Western media’s shallow coverage nor domestic outrage over it does justice to the complexity of Pakistani society
Madiha Sattar
Literature
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Books
Three books with three substantially different takes on post-9/11 New York
Anjum Hasan
Politics
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Reportage
Excerpt that details the murder of Mir Murtaza Bhutto from FATIMA BHUTTO’s much-awaited family memoir
Fatima Bhutto
Communities
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Reportage
Life and Death in Lyari
Fatima Bhutto