Pakistan Inside Out

October 11, 2014

The world should celebrate Malala's victory. Pakistan's government shouldn't just yet.

This is how it feels to get robbed at gunpoint in Karachi

February 13, 2014

Every drop of liquid in your mouth will dry up. Swallowing will become impossible. Each breath will feel like knives sticking in your lungs.

Lifestyle

A beginner's guide to Urdlish

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February 08, 2014

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02/10/2014 - 7:46am

A partial glossary of Karachi's favorite English turns of phrase.

Lifestyle

Pakistan's sexting problem

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February 04, 2014

At first, it was just the messages. Then they started to call.

Conflict

Ah, aerial firing, the act of pointing a rifle into the air and shooting at nothing

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January 22, 2014

In spite of my many years in gun-loving Texas, the first time I heard celebratory gunfire was in Karachi in 2009. That was the same year I learned stray bullets kill people.

Politics

Dec. 25 is a major holiday in Pakistan

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December 25, 2013

Pakistan, surprisingly, was founded on the idea of religious tolerance. On Dec. 25, a divided nation remembers the man whose vision of a secular state didn't materialize.