Posts Tagged Karachi

Why is Lyari Burning?

on 9, May 2012 | 9 Comments

Why is Lyari Burning?

Day 6 of the Lyari operation raged on, with fierce exchanges of bullets between the police force and the ‘gangsters’. Probably fed up of the situation, some of the residents tried to pretend thing...

Two Tales and Two ‘Nice’ Thieves

on 16, Apr 2012 | 22 Comments

Two Tales and Two 'Nice' Thieves

I just came back to Dubai from Karachi a week back and in a strange way I’m pleased that I came back without being robbed. You have to trust me on this because I am a guy whose mobile phone has been...

What Karachi can Learn from Liberian Women

on 6, Apr 2012 | 23 Comments

What Karachi can Learn from Liberian Women

Watching “Pray the Devil Back to Hell”, an hour-long documentary film about how a small band of women came together to bring an end to the bloody civil war in Liberia, it struck me that their appr...

Wedding Anniversary or ‘Black Day’ ?

on 25, Mar 2012 | 9 Comments

Wedding Anniversary or 'Black Day' ?

It was around last week that my wife and I intended to celebrate our tenth wedding anniversary and also the end of my daughter's school exams. I had taken a day off from office.   It was a ...

Were Those Not Humans who were Killed?

on 1, Feb 2012 | 18 Comments

Were Those Not Humans who were Killed?

Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions? Fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, healed by the same means, warmed and cooled by...

Boat Basin: Karachi’s New Heart

on 17, Nov 2011 | 1 Comment

 Boat Basin: Karachi’s New Heart

It used to be called the city of lights but due to the recent performance of Karachi Electric Supply Company, the city has lost its title. But when you lose some, you win some … and Karachi has beco...

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