Karachi is Suffering in the Heat

Posted on June 24, 2007
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Bilal Zuberi Imagine 42 degrees celsius (107 degrees Farenheit) weather, no electricity, no fans, high humidity, no drinking water, and knee deep water on streets. Now imagine living through that for more than 24 hours. Terrible! That is precisely what most Karachiites have been going through for more the past 2 days. A huge monsoonal […]

The Music of Alamgir: Albela Rahi

Posted on May 20, 2007
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Bilal Zuberi A young boy was born in 1954 in what is now Bangladesh. At the age of around 15, he moved to Karachi in search of a future in the music industry. He had brought nothing else with him but a guitar and a passion to sing. He settled in the PECHS area of […]

Conservation: Bijli Bachao Mohem!

Posted on May 11, 2007
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Bilal Zuberi Summer is in full swing in many parts of Pakistan, and an unfortunate treat of summer, i.e. electricity loadshedding, is also here. As I hear from my parents, losing power for a few hours a day is normal routine in Karachi, and the people are only left guessing for how long would they […]

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