The Fire at Ghakkar Plaza

Posted on December 20, 2008
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Owais Mughal Pakistan is getting more than its share of bad news. It has reached a point where atleast I am afraid to read daily news. Before I open the newspaper, I pray that please let there be no bad news about Pakistan. Today we sadly hear about the fire that completely gutted the famous […]

Karachi Bleeds Again: Worse To Come?

Posted on November 30, 2008
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Adil Najam Karachi used to be called “the city that never sleeps.” It may as well now be called “the city that forever bleeds.” Karachi is bleeding again. More than a dozen dead. 80 injured. The Sindh Home Minister says “shoot to kill.” And everyone expects more blood to spill on the streets of Karachi. […]

I am a Mumbaikar: In Prayer and in Solidarity

Posted on November 28, 2008
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Adil Najam I, too, am a Mumbaikar today. I wish I could reach out and for just one moment hold the hands of the woman in this AP photograph. Maybe shed some tears on her shoulder. But I do not know what I would say to her. I do not think she would want me […]

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