Delightful dystopia and Orwell in Pakistan

. The writer is a freelancer and a mentor hailing from Kandhkot, Sindh. He can be reached at alihassanb.34@gmail.com “It’s frightful that people who are so ignorant have so much influence.” What if George Orwell had foreseen today’s Pakistan? How would he have adjusted his adage to keep it relevant? Orwell is remembered for a…

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Samples sent for testing as Mir Raza Ali’s re-postmortem completed after exhumation

Mir Raza Ali, owner of the popular dessert shop Wafflix, whose body was found in Gulistan-e-Jauhar after he was allegedly kidnapped from PECHS. SCREENGRAB/ Youtube The re-postmortem of Wafflix owner Mir Raza Ali’s body was completed on Saturday after an eight-member medical board exhumed his grave in Karachi’s Tariq Road cemetery and collected samples for…

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Goods transporters announce indefinite nationwide strike after talks fail

Decide to keep the protest peaceful by parking the vehicles instead of blocking roads The All Pakistan Goods Transporters Alliance on Saturday announced an indefinite nationwide strike after negotiations with the Federal and Sindh governments failed to resolve their longstanding demands. Speaking at a press conference held at the Karachi Press Club, alliance president Malik…

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Arshad hails Fatima’s Commonwealth Games bronze

The moment Pakistani boxer Fatima Zahra won her Islamic Solidarity Games quarterfinal in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Thursday, November 6. PHOTO COURTESY: PAKISTAN BOXING FEDERATION KARACHI/JOHI: Pakistan’s seasoned boxing coach and former international Arshad Hussain has hailed Fatima Zehra for winning a rare bronze medal at the recently concluded Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, saying her…

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Democrats plan Trump investigations over impeachment if they win House, sources say

Party eyes subpoenas, hearings to obtain records from entities tied to president’s political, business orbit US Congress. Photo: Reuters (file) United States House Democrats preparing for a possible return to power are developing a broad investigative strategy targeting companies and financial firms surrounding President Donald Trump, instead of trying to impeach him immediately, according to four people familiar with…

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