Back in January, shortly after I returned to Houston after spending six weeks in Karachi, I was invited to write a piece for the New York Times’ Sunday Magazine...
Read more01 Apr, 2008
19 Feb, 2008
Many of us said the Pakistani elections…
19 Feb, 2008
Many of us said the Pakistani elections wouldn’t happen. But they did today. My sister, Beena Sarwar, filed a story for IPS regarding the mass rigging that took place....
Read more17 Feb, 2008
Some days the distance between…
17 Feb, 2008
Some days the distance between Karachi and Houston seems very short. All week, there’s been dire forecasts tornadoes and hailstorms in Houston for today, Saturday. Many events were postponed,...
Read more10 Feb, 2008
More police brutality in Islamabad…
10 Feb, 2008
More police brutality in Islamabad after lawyers decided to boycott courts until the 18 February elections. Check out teeth maestro and read the article in today’s Dawn.
Read more30 Jan, 2008
It’s always a shock to return to Houston…
30 Jan, 2008
It’s always a shock to return to Houston after having been away for sometime. People ask me: “Are you jetlagged?” This week, my answer is: “I am culture-lagged.” Two...
Read more16 Jan, 2008
Dubai invades Karachi
16 Jan, 2008
Blogspot is back up and running in Pakistan, but other websites are still hard to enter such as the Human Rights Commission website. Definitely feels as if things are...
Read more16 Jan, 2008
Life continues to be turbulent. Those arrested…
16 Jan, 2008
Life continues to be turbulent. Those arrested yesterday were released on bail late last night, and today there was another bombing in Landhi in the outskirts of Karachi. Ten...
Read more14 Jan, 2008
More arrests.
14 Jan, 2008
More arrests. We return from a day at the beach–a wonderful multi-generation family gathering with the older generation, my cousins, our kids. Just a calm January day where we...
Read more13 Jan, 2008
Today, Justice Bhagwandas was placed…
13 Jan, 2008
Today, Justice Bhagwandas was placed under house arrest in Karachi — read more in Teeth Maestro. And yesterday, shortly before a lawyers’ rally was scheduled to take place in...
Read more11 Jan, 2008
Around the city, billboards and writings…
11 Jan, 2008
Around the city, billboards and writings welcoming Benazir are scattered on walls and roundabouts. But Benazir is gone, and a sense of depression and grief pervails. The January 7...
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