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Karachi

When Aid Fails The People

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: In the contrasting chaos of Karachi and Islamabad, two women – one seated in searing sun to hawk household goods, the other crouched in filth rummaging through refuse – symbolize the real cost of a nation’s…

When the Law Becomes Optional

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: On a regular day in Karachi, two luxury vehicles a Range Rover and a Toyota Hilux Revo cruised past traffic lights and checkpoints with an air of immunity. One flaunted a foreign number plate (“BJ72FEX”),…