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Articles with tag: may 12

Remembering the Past - 12th May 2007

Nadia Khan   May 8, 2009   interacts: 12

On 12th May 2007 with the help of press, electronic media, and Internet blogs, the real face of MQM was exposed.

May 12: One Year Passed, No Lessons Learned

Mehroz Sadruddin   May 11, 2008   interacts: 26

On May 12, the entire nation would be mourning the death of forty-four innocent civilians on what turned out to be one of the darkest days in the history of Karachi.

Month of the Gun

Nadeem F Paracha   May 31, 2007   interacts: 184

I am 22 years old and quite a sight. I have a ’revolutionary beard,’ and my hair is long; I wear a Che cap and my malaangi bangles go kling klang whenever I move my hands and wrists.

Eyewitness: Karachi, May 12, 2007

Beena Sarwar   May 30, 2007   interacts: 95

A narrative of the events of “Black Saturday” and the “stop-the-blame-game” argument.

The Importance of a Dictator’s Failure

Rozaiba    May 28, 2007   interacts: 29

By actively and methodically side-lining the political parties that had a presence outside of just one province, national building was turned into national fragmentation.

The General vs. the Judge

Tariq Ali   May 25, 2007   interacts: 468

The attempt to browbeat a Judge has released a new fissure in Pakistani society. The violence in Karachi makes compromise difficult for both sides. There is an easy solution...

The Great Betrayal

Karamatullah K Ghori   May 22, 2007   interacts: 10

What has changed Karachi’s chemistry so radically as to array this great metropolis, this former crucible of freedom and liberty in Pakistan, on the side of an autocrat in the struggle against one-man’s tyranny?

An Appeal to Honourable Supreme Court Justices

Abrar Akbar   May 20, 2007   interacts: 76

It is time to write a new chapter in the badly chequered history of unfortunate country of ours.

Thirty Six Murders in Search of a Resignation

Farhan Jamalvi   May 17, 2007   interacts: 40

The perpetrators of May 12th may lie, but dead bodies don’t.

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