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moulajatt: Karachi Diary - I
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009. Karachi Diary - I. Surveillance begins at home. The culture of bribery has sometimes been justified – by those brazenly demanding it – as a consequence of the poor pay-scales prevalent in the police force. However, former Inspector General (IG) Sindh Police Niaz Ahmed Siddiqui unequivocally stated that the incidentals of. Serving in the police force – which includes residence, utilities, educa. Can the reformation of these vigilantes brought about. The incumbent Capital City Police...
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moulajatt: June 2011
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Friday, June 17, 2011. Those who wield the baton, make the laws. We live in a country where we are confronted with some grave calamitous incident or the other at an alarming frequency; and with each, there is a feeling that the nation has hit rock bottom. It can. And it did…with no end in sight. This has added to the increasing sense of insecurity felt by the average urban man. Already living in a society with abnormally high rates of organised and street crime, citizens feel trapped with no avenues ...
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moulajatt: Karachi Diary
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009. The valley of brutes. On a scorching hot afternoon, I was headed towards work after having lunch with a friend who resides in Bath Island. While I was taking a left as I emerged at the ‘Do Talwar’ roundabout, the signal opened for the cars coming from the direction of Schon Circle’s underpass. I was about to get off to go help the lady, who seemed to be in her late forties, when she got up and walked to the pa. Ame Civic on the Clifton Bridge. Indignant as I was, I decided to glare...
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moulajatt: May 2009
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Saturday, May 16, 2009. Karachi Diary - Meri ball do! Violence has been an existential reality for our city. The waves of violence are etched in most memories, whether it be the ethnic clashes of the 80s and 90s, the sectarian clashes of mid and late 90s, or the spill over from the ‘War against terror’ of the last decade. Maybe it was because there were no cellular phones back then, and we only had enough money to get us a drink or the tape for the ball. Even playing cricket with the same people on the s...
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moulajatt: Those who wield the baton, make the laws
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Friday, June 17, 2011. Those who wield the baton, make the laws. We live in a country where we are confronted with some grave calamitous incident or the other at an alarming frequency; and with each, there is a feeling that the nation has hit rock bottom. It can. And it did…with no end in sight. This has added to the increasing sense of insecurity felt by the average urban man. Already living in a society with abnormally high rates of organised and street crime, citizens feel trapped with no avenues ...
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moulajatt: Karachi Diary -- More
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009. Karachi Diary - More. Hand it all over! Karachi is justifiably notorious for street crimes. My peers and I have had frequent encounters of hold-ups, while every few days someone at the workplace narrates a harrowing-yet-quick ordeal which left them without a cellular phone or without a car for a night or two after which the car would be found minus the speakers and music system, the CNG kit and other removables. Posted by Moula Jatt. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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moulajatt: Karachi Diary -- Meri ball do!
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Saturday, May 16, 2009. Karachi Diary - Meri ball do! Violence has been an existential reality for our city. The waves of violence are etched in most memories, whether it be the ethnic clashes of the 80s and 90s, the sectarian clashes of mid and late 90s, or the spill over from the ‘War against terror’ of the last decade. Maybe it was because there were no cellular phones back then, and we only had enough money to get us a drink or the tape for the ball. Even playing cricket with the same people on the s...
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moulajatt: January 2009
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Tuesday, January 27, 2009. Over the last few days, the moribund civil society has sprung into action; clamoring support for and expressing solidarity with the people of Palestine. They have taken the admirable step of abandoning cushy arm-chairs and even brought their parakeets onto the streets. A large number of peace and human rights activists, political party leaders, trade union leaders, lawyers, doctors, journalists, show-business personalities, students and teachers of all genders and age groups, c...
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moulajatt: Tales of torturous times
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009. Tales of torturous times. Both men and their families were uprooted from their homes in the events that followed Partition. Kuldip Nayar, who was 24 at the time, was forced to flee his native Sialkot suddenly "leaving the food on the table untouched." Being politically conscious, Nayar's recollections present a detailed picture of not only the leaders and politics of the day but also personal vignettes that elucidate the fear felt by an entire people. An interesting snippet from o...
