The Literature of Disaster

Posted on October 10, 2006
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Adil Najam This rather interesting news item in Dawn (8 October, 2006) caught my attention and I thought it was worth sharing. Ours is not a country of book lovers, yet several books have already been published in Pakistan dealing with last year’s deadly earthquake. This phenomenon is no doubt linked to the severity of […]

Earthquake Diary: A Chronicle of Memories

Posted on October 9, 2006
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Guest Post by Unaiza Nasim I remember it was Saturday and I was talking to someone at a branch in Abottabad (of the bank I used to work at) when the manager told us that they have felt jolts of the earthquake. We took it as something out of routine in those areas and left […]

Earthquake Numbers – A Year Later

Posted on October 7, 2006
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Adil Najam This post comes live at exactly 8:50:38 AM, Pakistan Standard Time. Exactly one year ago a massive and traggic earthquake hit Northern Pakistan, Kashmir, and parts of India and Afghanistan. This is a moment to simply pause, pray and ponder. To think back on what has been done and what still needs to […]

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