I head to Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport on December 27, the death anniversary of Benazir Bhutto, who was murdered four years ago. Buildings and cars were set on fire...
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28 Dec, 2009
Today is Benazir Bhutto’s second death anniversary…
28 Dec, 2009
Today is Benazir Bhutto’s second death anniversary, and she is being remembered and mourned around globe. I clearly remember 5:30 pm, December 27, 2007; Minal and I were in...
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Yesterday was the first death anniversary…
28 Dec, 2008
Yesterday was the first death anniversary of Benazir Bhutto. The government declared the day as a national holiday, and outside her home in Clifton, Karachi, people gathered to pay...
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Ten days ago, in a nighttime conversation…
02 Jan, 2008
Ten days ago, in a nighttime conversation in our home, my father grimly forecasts: “There will be much bloodshed before the elections.” No one thought that Benazir would get...
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9:00 pm, Friday
28 Dec, 2007
“Benazir Bhutto is sad,” says my 3-year old. “Why?” I ask, nervous about what I am to hear. After all, for the last 24 hours Minal has been moving...
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7:00 pm, Friday
28 Dec, 2007
Today, the country is shut down. All offices, shops, banks are closed. And there is no street traffic. After the mayhem of last night (in Karachi, more than 1,000...
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2:00 pm, Friday
28 Dec, 2007
Around 4:30 pm yesterday Minal and I clamber in our car to drop Nusrat to her father’s house. Afterwards, we stopped off at Guddu and Salma’s for tea, where...
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